Can I change the Sys ID of a record with another one?

[Peter B]

Hello,

I noticed that a record that was associated to a workflow was deleted some time ago. I can easily create the record again but it generates a new Sys iD. This record is tied to a catalog item workflow to process that used the records previous Sys ID. Instead of replacing the sys ID with the new one in the workflow's script, can I just simply use the previous Sys ID I get from my Dev instance and replace it with the new one in Prod? If so, how do I go about it or if this is something I cannot do or is suggested, whats the best course of action to update the Sys ID with a new one in a workflow's script? Just replace it with the new one?

Thank you!

[Prasad Pagar]

Hi Harshvardhan,

But dont you think undeleting record is better way of doing it than running script to generate same sys_id?

Thank you
Prasad

[Harsh Vardhan]

It depends on use case. I don't find any issue if use case is valid. 

I provided options. it all depends on user use case. 

[Prasad Pagar]

Ok Got it 🙂 Thank you Pro.

[Alok Gupta5]

No You have to update it with the new sys_id.

Regards,
Alok Gupta

[Pranesh072]

You can use the setNewGuidValue method to generate the record with same sys_id.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=7686c4b81b3af700d01143f6fe4bc...