diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53b9117f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "aws-toolkit-common",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}
diff --git a/telemetry/definitions/commonDefinitions.json b/telemetry/definitions/commonDefinitions.json
index 265fec14a..49f27965a 100644
--- a/telemetry/definitions/commonDefinitions.json
+++ b/telemetry/definitions/commonDefinitions.json
@@ -1681,6 +1681,11 @@
             "type": "string",
             "description": "A generic version metadata"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "viewId",
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Identifies a unique IDE window or sub-view within that unique IDE window. The value should be a comma delimited string where each item is a more specific view within the parent."
+        },
         {
             "name": "workflowToken",
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/telemetry/vscode/src/generate.ts b/telemetry/vscode/src/generate.ts
index 405c16246..064eab63b 100644
--- a/telemetry/vscode/src/generate.ts
+++ b/telemetry/vscode/src/generate.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ const commonMetadata = [
   'requestId',
   'requestServiceType',
   'result',
+  'viewId'
 ] as const
 
 /**