globalRequestNumber

Property Manager name: Global Request Number
Behavior version: The v2025-09-09 rule format supports the globalRequestNumber behavior v1.0.
Rule format status: Deprecated, outdated rule format
Access: Read/Write
Allowed in includes: Yes

Generates a unique identifier for each request on the Akamai edge network, for use in logging and debugging. GRN identifiers follow the same format as Akamai's error reference strings, for example: 0.05313217.1567801841.1457a3. You can use the Edge Diagnostics API's Translate error string operation to get low-level details about any request.

Option	Type	Description	Requires
`outputOption`	enum	Specifies how to report the GRN value.		{"displayType":"enum","options":["RESPONSE_HEADER","REQUEST_HEADER","BOTH_HEADERS","ASSIGN_VARIABLE"],"tag":"select"}
	`RESPONSE_HEADER`	Use a response header.
	`REQUEST_HEADER`	Use a request header.
	`BOTH_HEADERS`	Use both headers.
	`ASSIGN_VARIABLE`	Process the value in some other way as a variable.
`headerName`	string	With `outputOption` set to specify any set of headers, this specifies the name of the header to report the GRN value.	`outputOption` is either: `RESPONSE_HEADER`, `REQUEST_HEADER`, `BOTH_HEADERS`	{"displayType":"string","tag":"input","type":"text"} {"if":{"attribute":"outputOption","op":"in","value":["RESPONSE_HEADER","REQUEST_HEADER","BOTH_HEADERS"]}}
`variableName`	string (variable name)	This specifies the name of the variable to assign the GRN value to. You need to pre-declare any variable you specify within the rule tree.	`outputOption` is `ASSIGN_VARIABLE`	{"displayType":"string","tag":"input","type":"text"} {"if":{"attribute":"outputOption","op":"eq","value":"ASSIGN_VARIABLE"}}