# how to set simulation\_id and run description through DSL?

**URL:** <https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231>\
**Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)\
**Created:** [January 14, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231 "2013-01-14T23:26:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boba\_Jett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Boba\_Jett](https://community.gatling.io/u/Boba_Jett)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231/1 "2013-01-14T23:26:31Z")

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How can I set the “simulation\_id” and the “run description”  
through the DSL so they show up in the html report?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![Excilys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Excilys](https://community.gatling.io/u/Excilys)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231/2 "2013-01-15T07:15:51Z")

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That’s currently impossible.  
If there’s enough interest on this ML, that’s something we could change in Gatling 2.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Udstrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gary\_Udstrand](https://community.gatling.io/u/Gary_Udstrand)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231/3 "2016-04-06T16:28:16Z")

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Was this added to 2.0?

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**Author:** ![slandelle](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.gatling.io/slandelle/32/4_2.png) [@slandelle](https://community.gatling.io/u/slandelle)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/how-to-set-simulation-id-and-run-description-through-dsl/231/4 "2016-04-06T18:42:01Z")

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No, it wasn’t