diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/stringUtils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
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+export function getIdFromFullAccessPath(fullAccessPath: string) {
+  // Replace '].' with a single dash
+  let id = fullAccessPath.replace(/\]\./g, '-');
+
+  // Replace any character that is not a word character or underscore with a dash
+  id = id.replace(/[^\w_]+/g, '-');
+
+  // Remove any trailing dashes
+  id = id.replace(/-+$/, '');
+
+  return id;
+}