diff --git a/src/utils/dbus_path_utils.cpp b/src/utils/dbus_path_utils.cpp
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+++ b/src/utils/dbus_path_utils.cpp
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+#include "utils/dbus_path_utils.hpp"
+
+namespace utils
+{
+sdbusplus::message::object_path pathAppend(sdbusplus::message::object_path path,
+                                           const std::string& appended)
+{
+    if (appended.starts_with('/') || !isValidDbusPath(appended))
+    {
+        throw sdbusplus::exception::SdBusError(
+            static_cast<int>(std::errc::invalid_argument),
+            "Invalid appended string");
+    }
+
+    size_t pos_start = 0;
+    size_t pos_end = 0;
+    while ((pos_end = appended.find('/', pos_start)) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        if (pos_start == pos_end)
+        {
+            throw sdbusplus::exception::SdBusError(
+                static_cast<int>(std::errc::invalid_argument),
+                "Invalid appended string");
+        }
+        path /= std::string_view(appended.begin() + pos_start,
+                                 appended.begin() + pos_end);
+        pos_start = pos_end + 1;
+    }
+    path /= std::string_view(appended.begin() + pos_start, appended.end());
+    return path;
+}
+
+std::string reportPathToId(const sdbusplus::message::object_path& path)
+{
+    if (path.str.starts_with(constants::reportDirStr))
+    {
+        auto id = path.str.substr(constants::reportDirStr.length());
+        if (std::cmp_greater(std::count(id.begin(), id.end(), '/'),
+                             constants::maxPrefixesInId))
+        {
+            throw sdbusplus::exception::SdBusError(
+                static_cast<int>(std::errc::invalid_argument),
+                "Too many prefixes in id");
+        }
+        return id;
+    }
+    throw sdbusplus::exception::SdBusError(
+        static_cast<int>(std::errc::invalid_argument), "Invalid path prefix");
+}
+} // namespace utils