The Document ID Service feature is a great addition to SharePoint 2010.
SharePoint 2007 lacks the ability to link to a document without using its path, which is a problem when a document is moved to a different document library, site collection or farm. A link could ultimately become a broken link as soon as the targeted document path is changed. The new Document ID feature in SharePoint 2010 now fixes this issue as it assigns a unique ID and associates a permanent URL to any new document added.
The Document ID service will find any document using its Document ID and the following two approaches. First approach, it will execute a search query and try find the document. If Search is unable to find the document, let’s say that document has been moved but its new location or that a new document has been simply added and that the index hasn’t picked it up yet, then the Document ID service will use its second approach. The second approach consists of using its own lookup logic using the List ID and List Item ID that are in the document’s unique ID.
There is also a very useful Document ID web part that can be used to quickly retrieve a document:
SharePoint 2007 lacks the ability to link to a document without using its path, which is a problem when a document is moved to a different document library, site collection or farm. A link could ultimately become a broken link as soon as the targeted document path is changed. The new Document ID feature in SharePoint 2010 now fixes this issue as it assigns a unique ID and associates a permanent URL to any new document added.
The Document ID service will find any document using its Document ID and the following two approaches. First approach, it will execute a search query and try find the document. If Search is unable to find the document, let’s say that document has been moved but its new location or that a new document has been simply added and that the index hasn’t picked it up yet, then the Document ID service will use its second approach. The second approach consists of using its own lookup logic using the List ID and List Item ID that are in the document’s unique ID.
There is also a very useful Document ID web part that can be used to quickly retrieve a document:
