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## Query tips and pitfalls
### Unique Process IDs
Process IDs are recycled in Windows and reused for new processes, so cannot serve as unique IDs for a specific process.
To address this issue, the time the process was created for the Windows Defender ATP data. Together with the process ID, this can serve as a unique ID on a specific machine.
Process IDs are recycled in Windows and reused for new processes, so cannot serve as a unique identifier for a specific process.
To address this issue, the time the process was created is part of the Windows Defender ATP data. Together with the process ID, this can serve as a unique ID on a specific machine.
So, when you join data based on a specific process or summarize data for each process, you'll need to use a machine identifier (either MachineId or ComputerName), a process ID (ProcessId or InitiatingProcessId) and the process creation time (ProcessCreationTime or InitiatingProcessCreationTime)