INPUT ENCODE OUTPUT RAW ID 123 Numeric ID assigned by the database. FORMATTED gid://app/User/123 Constructs the Global ID URI string for the record. BASE64 ENCODE OBFUSCATION Encodes the plain URI into a Base64 string. OBFUSCATED PAYLOAD Z2lkOi8vYXBwL1VzZXIvMTIz The seemingly opaque string sent to the client.