Workflow Reference issues between Sandbox and Production

Question

Lets say I create a workflow that sends an e-mail in Sandbox. I create the contact and use this contact as the send to e-mail in the workflow.

I export and import this patch into production. The workflow deactivates because the contact doesn't exist in production.

Let say I create the contact in production and then export/import the patch. The workflow still deactivate because the id's mismatch.

How do I go about creating a workflow using references like this without the workflow breaking when I push it to production?

Answer 1

You can export/import the data including the Record GUID using Source instance CSV file into Target instance. Read more

Otherwise you can use Configuration Migration tool