code: function setModelViewInstanceId (modelViewInstance) {
      // data to calculate unique id from
      var idData = {
          args: modelViewInstance.args,
          name: modelViewInstance.name,
          modelViewId: modelViewInstance.modelViewId,
      }
      // set id on model view instance
      modelViewInstance.modelViewInstanceId = stableId(idData)
  }
docs: @function setModelViewInstanceId
  
  calculate and set modelViewInstanceId for model view instance object
  
  @param {object} modelViewInstance