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DOCUMENT ID / Durable links in SPO not working at all!
This isn’t true. Durable links do work with office files only and pretty sure they have to stay on the same library thou so only movie around in folders. It was touted in OneDrive originally and the files all store in same library.Actually it is partially true if what you say about a single library is true - thanks.
From the definition 'Durable links are a great feature which allows the improvement of SEO and search based indexing to remain functional for documents even after they are renamed or moved to another document library' - from what I was informed these links work in conjuction with DOC ID service so that documents moved from one library to another can still be indexed, identified and found by SP Search.
You say it works within folders of the same library (which I will test and get back to you on) but the question remains - what's the purpose of that? It should be as it was originally intended and that is to index and find a document with a unique docid wherever it may have been moved to within a SP Site collection.
Thanks for your reply and I will endeavour to test these functional ambiguities and report back.
I have since tested and you are correct about the DOCID remaining when an office document is moved to a new folder within the same library. However, a new DOCID is created when you move it to another library in the same or different site within the same site collection. This to me renders the function unusable and almost useless. Quite disappointed as I used to use and recommend this in the older versions of the product.
So the question remains - how do we ensure link integrity for a document that is moved in SP?