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The ID property of a document object, expressed in the form of a GUID.

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How do I assign unique document numbers based on a policy nomenclature system?

I need to create a unique number ID column based on our organization's policy nomenclature system which is set up as "##.##.##", where the first two digits are the department code, the ...
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Regarding reset document ID sharepoint online

We have migrated sharepoint document from On premise to SharePoint online using ShareGate. The library contain Document ID. After migrated to SharePoint online, we identified that some of Document ID ...
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How to get Document ID by using encoded edit link of that document using rest api in sharepoint online

How to get Document ID by using encoded edit link of that document using REST API in SharePoint online? Link of site /:b:/s/SiteName/EZMojxE1NqNGgMljzTBZSSoBYOzeQJoW48yYm7WWBwUZcw I am trying: /_api/...
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Reassigning Document ID using REST API

For a solution on an on-premise SP 2019 farm using the "Copy to SharePoint" action in a Nintex for SP 2019 workflow we copy a document to another site collection. This action does not set ...
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Document ID - open a document in SharePoint or download a document

is it possible to use a link with parameters when using Document ID to set whether the document opens in SharePoint or downloads when the link is clicked? I am currently using /_layouts/15/DocIdRedir....
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Using PowerShell to find a document using the DocIDRedir.aspx page

We have an issue when attempting to use the Document ID service in SPO with some documents. We're able to browse to the majority of them using the DocIdRedir URL https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/...
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SharePoint Online Document ID (generated by Document ID feature) indexing not happen immediately after Document ID generated?

Upon uploading document, Document ID service generates Document ID. However if we try to open using the Document ID immediately, it gives error as File Not Found. But after some seconds, it opens the ...
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Customizing Document ID in SharePoint Online using a background process

I'm looking to use a custom formula for generating a document ID in SharePoint online. Each document will have: A three letter project code, defined by the "Begin IDs with the following ...
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Programmatically retrieving Document ID

I have a SharePoint Online site collection with Document ID service enabled, so that every document uploaded to a document library in the site has a unique document identifier. All the documents will ...
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Hyperlinks breaking when moving PDF in same Document Library in SharePoint Online

hyperlinks keep breaking when moving a PDF between folders in same Document Library in SharePoint Online and show a blank screen when you click them. Tested this with Word, JPG, Excel and PowerPoint ...
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Document IDs - Prefix Not Working

Can anyone shed some light on why is it that, regardless of what prefix I set on a site collection's Document IDs (and, of course, I check the "Reset all Document IDs in this Site Collection to ...
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Retrieve SharePoint file with API using document ID from any document library

In site collection features there is an option to enable Document ID Service. After doing this, whenever a document is uploaded to a document library, a unique document id that is a link to the doc is ...
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Sharepoint 2016 Durable link with d string is not found in Internet explorer

In SP2016, for an office doc durable link has no d value in IE. it is fine with chrome. document id feature is enabled in site collection. Steps: On IE11, for a word document, clicked on the ellipsis....
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How to use Excel Service (/Model) with Document ID enabled

I'm currently running SharePoint 2016 and have Document ID service enabled. Knew that once I enable the Document ID service, documents' URL will change from ~/DOCLIB/filename.xlsx to ~/_layouts/15/...
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Reset Document ID prefix in SharePoint Online in PowerShell

I am looking for a way to reset the Document ID prefix for all documents in my SharePoint Online tenant in PowerShell. I have got 4000 site collections and customer prefers to use new prefix in '...
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Is there a way to enable durable links for JPG files?

I have enabled Document ID feature in one of the sites Document ID feature seem to support only WOPI enabled files (all MS Office File formats + PDF) Is there a way to enable durable links for JPG ...
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Edit files in client app using document id links

I activated the document id feature for my site collections. Now I can get two types of links for office documents: Durable links like https://{tenant}.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/{Identifier}?e=33sUal and ...
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Managing Document ID when migrating from hierarchical on prem site collection to flat architecture in SharePoint Online

Today we have a site collection (with lots of subsites) on SharePoint On Premise, but we would like to migrate the contents to SharePoint Online and adopt the flat architecture that is now recommended....
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How to speed up process for refreshing Document ID link?

I've been trying to figure out how Document ID links work and was successful in generating it for my documents. However, I've noticed that if I move a file to a folder within other folders (in the ...
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Is there a limit to the number of times you can move a file with Document ID to different folders on SharePoint Online?

Asking for help from anyone who happens to know if there's a limit to the number of times you can move a file with Document ID to different folders in SPO? I'm currently exploring the Document ID ...
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How can I include durable links in the "Item Link" section of an approval Flow?

I have an existing flow which includes multiple document approval steps. Depending on the outcome of each one, the document in question is moved to different folders within the same library. I'm ...
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How can I get the document ID of a file in OneDrive for Business without visiting the Sharepoint site?

I have a team site synced to my laptop with OneDrive for Business. How can I get the Document ID of a file via Windows Explorer without looking the file up on the SharePoint site? A method involving ...
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Moving Folders Between Libraries in Different Sites Leaves Copies in Both

When I moved a folder from Site 1 Doc Library to Site 2 Doc Library (modern experience in both, btw), I ended up with copies in both locations. Is this expected behavior, that it doesn't actually MOVE ...
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No documents with the ID xxx were found in this site collection

I have the following situation on our SharePoint 2010 environment. Sometimes it happens, that a document id link of a document in a library does not work anymore. When you click on the link it says ...
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Set Document ID Prefix programmatically via PowerShell (Sharepoint online)

I am looking for a script to enable DocID and set a Prefix. Found this solution here: http://blog.repsaj.nl/index.php/2015/04/o365-enable-document-id-and-set-prefix-via-csom/ . But how bind into a ...
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Document Library SharePoint 2016 Document URL IS Showing DIR Instead Of Actual Path

So I have an odd situation. I'm working in 2 different document libraries. When I go to grab the URL of a document in one of them I get a basic directory that has the full path sharepoint.com/...
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csom - how to retrieve a file by its document id url without knowing the list

Is there a possibility to retrieve a file by its document id url without knowing the list in which the file is stored? I know I can do a caml query on a list. But actually the file can be stored in ...
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DocumentID Links sending users to search page

I built an app that returns files in a document library. and provides links to those files using documentIDs. We migrated the site from 2013 to 2016 and now the links instead of opening the files, ...
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The given key was not present in the dictionary

I took a list from 1 site collection, templated it with data. Downloaded the template and uploaded it into another collection. I created a list using this template and it looks like it's working and ...
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DocID as a clickable column in Content Search web part

We use the content search web part with a custom display template to show our documents throughout our intranet based on various criteria such as file type, language, Document Type (custom column) etc....
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DocID Property is not Present on Some Sites

I've been trying to activate the DocID feature on certain sites in our Site Collections. On each site collection we have the DocID feature activated following these instructions. For a long time we ...
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Document ID link not displayed in SPO

Document ID feature is activated and documents have assigned Document IDs, all good here. The issue is that the only way to get a Document ID link is to open file properties and copy the Document ID ...
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Delete document from document library on basis of "Document ID" - CSOM or REST

We are developing an API to be called by external application. To have unqiue document ID across Site Collection we have enabled "Document ID service" Using CSOM we have been able to implement ...
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How to get the filename of a document given the document ID

I want to create a web part where: based on a given document ID, I need to get the corresponding filename of the document. So this is my function to get the document and my question is how can I ...
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Web part to download file with different name

I would like to create a web part that will reside in the dispform.aspx in a document library. When the user presses a customized button it should be able to download the file but with a different ...
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How to programmatically get the filename using the document ID and jsom

In a site collection I've activated Document ID, using https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-and-configure-unique-Document-IDs-ea7fee86-bd6f-4cc8-9365-8086e794c984 Is there a code that has ...
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Duplicate Document ID In Document Library

I have a document library in SharePoint 2013 that has a few documents with the same document ID. Is there anyway I can regenerate this without reuploading the documents? I've tried the fix mentioned ...
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Document ID service not working properly, assigning wrong number

After we installed a SharePoint Server 2010 CU, we noticed that the document ID service started showing strange behaviour. It follows the same template as before: [Prefix]-[List ID]-[Item ID], where ...
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SP2016 - on prem - Doc id does not change

As said in subject SP2016 on prem. Doc library has a list of documents that have flagged approvals or rejections. When I edit the doc, upload same name doc the doc ID never changes. Version will ...
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Sharepoint search error with www,

I'm having an issue with the 'www' subdomain. If I go to http://www.example.com/_layouts/15/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=UY5JTSVC6DCC-1-83 I get an error Could not look up Document ID "UY5JTSVC6DCC-1-...
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Duplicates of Document ID Generator in Document Library after adding Content Type

On a Sharepoint 2010 server with the Document ID service activated I have a document library with content type management enabled. After adding a content type that I've created in Sharepoint Designer ...
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How can I preserve the DocumentID in a SharePoint 2013 to 2016 upgrade process?

I will be upgrading from SharePoint 2013 on-prem to SharePoint 2016 on-prem. I would like to know if by default the DocumentIDs will be preserved after upgrade to 2016. If not, how can the IDs be ...
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Unique & Linkable Document ID Across SharePoint Farm

We have a requirement to link directly to documents across the SharePoint Farm. Currently links are based on document name & document ids are only unique within the site collection. We have ...
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SharePoint 2013 Document ID Character Limit

I have a project in which we want to extract the SharePoint generated Document ID from the persistent URL: https://SITE_COLLECTION_URL/_layouts/15/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=ABCDEFGHIJKL-11-1 It appears as ...
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Can we change the middle number of the Document ID which is generated by the Document ID feature

I need to change the middle number of a auto generated document ID to a shorter number. Can you let me know if this is possible. Please find below the marked number in red which needs to be changed.
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Keep the document ID when copy document to another web app

I have 2 web apps on sharepoint SERVER 2013 I want to copy documents from the fist app to the second app ( app for records) once documents are approved and documents keep their documents ID Can i ...
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Is it a bad idea to increase the frequency of the document id timer job

We have project sites automatically provisioned in our SharePoint based on a user action and as part of the site we enable the document id feature and use a custom prefix. Now I know the document id ...
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Fetch the document name from Document Library using Document ID

I have a Document Library with multiple documents. One can select multiple documents even all the documents at a time. I need to fetch the documents name which are selected in Javascript using JQuery &...
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Document ID URL opens excel File write locked

We have some issues cause our users often are using the document id link. So when a document id link of an excel file will be opened the excel file is not editable. There's also no possibility to get ...
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How do you get the ID of a file moved to another library?

I'm probably not doing the move the most efficient way for starters, because I'm only moving one file...not a group of files. I'd rather not have to loop through the library to find the file i want to ...
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