title: How to generate custom _id values for CLOUDANT database?
body: <p>I am trying to insert Employee record in cloudant using their Java API.</p>
  
  <p>When I insert the record, Cloudant is generating its own _ID automatically. I would like to control generation of this _ID field as well.</p>
  
  <p>I searched the API, but couldn't find anything like a SEQUENCE in RDBMS. Can someone give hint on how to achieve this?</p>