Document ID changed when deploying a document to a higher environment

Question

When we deploy a document from a lower environment to a higher environment, its ID is getting changed. Due to this, constant points to invalid/wrong a document. 
 
 We are using direct deployment (Compare & Deploy) 
 
 Is it expected behavior?

Shubham Aware · Answer

Yogi Patel This is expected behaviour to maintain environment isolation and prevent conflicts. I would recommend you put that document into a constant and use that constant.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Constants (of "document" type) which point to a specific document, should still point to the correct document after deployment to another environment, regardless of the fact that the deployed copy of the document will have a new/different underlying DocId. If you're seeing something other than this, then you might need to open a support case with Appian Support.

Soma · Answer

It should work when you have the document object in document type constant.

David J (NTT DATA) · Answer

Yes, this is the expected behavior... Because the document instance is different in the new environment. Reference the document instead of its ID and it will work.

Document ID changed when deploying a document to a higher environment

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