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!

[Harsh Vardhan]

Quick demo. 

[Community Alums]

how do you update the existing record with a new sys id?

[NishaB]

Did you get the solution for this?

[Harsh Vardhan · Accepted solution]

@Peter B 

Did you get a chance to review my response. 

If my answer helped you, kindly mark it as correct and close this thread. 

[Peter B]

Hi Harshvardhan,

Thank you for the reply and the great video showing me the steps you took. After doing more digging around, I decided to go a different route which I should of thought of in the first place. I am just going to copy that missing record from our sub-prod instance and import it back to prod which should solve the issue. Thank you for all your help and the follow up!