# Sandbox to production promotion
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/design-care-flows/sandbox-production-promotion

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).





Most organizations run two environments:

* **Sandbox** is where care flows are built, tested and validated.
* **Production** is where care flows run for real patients.

Build in Sandbox, then promote to Production.

## Promote a care flow [#promote-a-care-flow]

1. In the **Sandbox** environment, open **Settings** at the bottom of the left navigation.
2. Open the **Promotion** tab.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

<img alt="The Promotion tab, showing the Sandbox to Production direction and a care flow selected to promote" src="__img0" />

Only an **Admin** can promote.

## Promotion keeps care flow identifiers unchanged [#promotion-keeps-care-flow-identifiers-unchanged]

Integrations that rely on care flow identifiers, such as pathway definition IDs or data point IDs, keep
working: promotion leaves those identifiers **unchanged**.

An engineer can build against Sandbox IDs and the same IDs work in Production, so nothing needs
rewiring at go-live.

## Promotion copies the care flow, not the environment configuration [#promotion-copies-the-care-flow-not-the-environment-configuration]

Promotion copies the current working version of the care flow. It does **not** carry across
environment-level configuration, which has to be set up in Production separately: branding, custom
domains, identifier systems, file storage.

The [go-live checklist](/docs/design-care-flows/go-live-checklist) covers that configuration. Where a
promoted flow looks unbranded to patients, check the Production branding settings first.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Go-live checklist](/docs/design-care-flows/go-live-checklist).