Questions tagged [document-id]

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

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Custom Document-ID Provider with SharePoint Online

does anyone have a knowledge if this is possible to do for SharePoint Online? How to Create a Custom Document-ID Provider with SharePoint 2013 I did a solution (sandbox) and I managed to activate it ...
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Retrieved DocumentID

I am using PowerShell to get a report of all the items in the document library. I managed to get most of the fields I wanted. However, I need help getting the document ID in my report. In the report ...
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Document IDs change when files are overwritten

We are using Sharepoint Online 2013. Versioning is activated and functional. Our problem: I upload a document to SharePoint. I modify a local copy of the document and upload it again overwriting the ...
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Could not look up Document ID due to an error encountered in Microsoft Search Server

Today I'm facing a problem with Document ID look-up, after went through all the steps: Activate Document ID and Document Set feature Run Document ID job assignment and Document enable timer job My ...
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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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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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Get uploaded document id using JQuery

I need to get document ID of newly uploaded document using JQuery, any help highly be appreciated. I'm trying below code which is not working and gives error, 404 not found. function getListData(...
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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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How to send a Document ID link instead of a general link

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like to set up my site so that when users send links to documents, they send the permanent URL related to the Document ID, instead of the standard link ...
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How to fix Multiple Documents with same Document ID

I have a SharePoint 2010 Document Center site collection with Document Id's enabled. In the properties for any item there is a link to the document ID that should open the document. Instead the link ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Remove the Document ID column when 'Viewing properties' of a document

I enabled the Document ID feature in my site collection as a test but now I no longer need it so I have disabled. However, the files in my library still have the Document ID field when I 'View ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Preserve Document IDs while copying document from one site collection to another

Can we preserve the document ID assigned to a document while moving it from one document library in one site collection to another document library in other site collection? I searched for some ...
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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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Opening Document's using Document ID (DocIdRedir.aspx) results in Read-Only mode

SharePoint 2010 has a nice feature called "Document ID". This gives users the ability to open documents using [siteurl]/_layouts/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=[DOCIDHERE] This works fine, but It always opens ...
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How to open a file using Item Id in SharePoint document library?

I am working on SharePoint Foundation 2010. I want to open file from a link. I found a solution "Link To Document" content type. But in "Link To Document" content type we need filename of original ...
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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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URL in calculated column

Is it possible to have "clickable" URL address in (SP 2010) calculated column without any JavaScript code or Designer? I found the way how to easily make "universal" Document ID links visible for ...
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Document ID not showing in document properties

I have enabled the Document ID Feature, and it works just fine; in the document library, I can have a view showing the IDs. However, the ID is not visible when I check the document properties, and it'...