# Link between z2mqtt and Gladys **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration\ **Created:** [June 29, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989 "2024-06-29T08:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hizo](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hizo](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Hizo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/1 "2024-06-29T08:03:18Z")
Hello, I’m trying to catch up a bit and I came up with a question: How can I find the link between a Zigbee2mqtt device and Gladys? Let me explain: I found my Zigbee device on Zigbee2mqtt thanks to the log; I have its ID — how can I find that ID in Gladys to know which device it corresponds to? Because of course I gave names to the devices in Gladys, not IDs… And while writing this message, I realized that it’s possible to search for this ID in the search input of Gladys’s z2m integration: ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/2/327f870b00f50ee870dc9c7a3882e3296c8d5b36.png) **This is really great!** But is this capability indicated anywhere? I don’t see it in the docs nor on the input itself. Shouldn’t there be a tooltip indicating that you can search by ID and by name? Or add a « Search » section to [Gérez ses appareils Zigbee dans sa domotique avec une clé USB Zigbee et Zigbee2mqtt | Gladys Assistant](https://gladysassistant.com/fr/docs/integrations/zigbee2mqtt/) ? Especially since the ID doesn’t appear anywhere in the device information, so (personally) I absolutely didn’t expect that it would work. In conclusion, a great feature when you have quite a few Zigbee devices but one that’s not highlighted at all. ---
**Author:** ![pierre-gilles](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/pierre-gilles/32/5886_2.png) [@pierre-gilles](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/pierre-gilles)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/2 "2024-06-29T09:52:36Z")
Hi @Hizo! You’re right, it would be nice to mention that — it could be in the search placeholder. In fact, the search looks in both the name and the « external\_id » on the Gladys side, which contains « zigbee2mqtt:ID\_ZIGBEE2MQTT ». If I remember correctly, we hid the ID in the list because otherwise it makes blocks that are too big and when you have a lot of devices it creates a list that’s too long to scroll. A little tip (for next time): I recommend renaming devices on the Zigbee2mqtt side so it’s easier to spot them. The ID generated by Zigbee2mqtt isn’t very user-friendly. For example on my setup it looks like this — I put everything in snake\_case with a convention: « device\_type\_room » ![Screenshot 2024-06-29 at 11.50.31](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/3/7355dab904b61edf03b060cf3310759c5f7e6ffd.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2024-06-29 at 11.50.58](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/2/3/231dc6d6642e4da23b4afadf255be3582b77544d.jpeg) It’s cleaner. However, if you rename your devices, you need to reconnect everything in Gladys because the ID will be different 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hizo](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hizo](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Hizo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/3 "2024-06-29T12:31:21Z")
It might be good to display the ID when you open the device so as to also link to z2m (or even create a real link to the device’s page on z2m). Yes, I suspected you shouldn’t rename it afterwards, so I won’t touch it now. ---
**Author:** ![Hizo](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hizo](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Hizo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/4 "2025-06-23T10:29:06Z")
Hello, I’m following up on the idea of simply displaying the zigbee2mqtt id in the configuration view of a zigbee device, like where I’ve highlighted: ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/c/bc53754417ac383a74add3edc7c793b6e6306738.png) Because honestly, it’s really cumbersome to find a device in zigbee2mqtt if it hasn’t been named the same way as in Gladys. ---
**Author:** ![pierre-gilles](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/pierre-gilles/32/5886_2.png) [@pierre-gilles](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/pierre-gilles)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/5 "2025-06-23T11:38:49Z")
Good idea, are you creating a feature request? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hizo](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hizo](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Hizo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/lien-entre-z2mqtt-et-gladys/8989/6 "2025-06-23T11:56:58Z")
It’s done: [Ajout de l'id Zigbee2Mqtt dans la configuration des appareils](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/ajout-de-lid-zigbee2mqtt-dans-la-configuration-des-appareils/9616)