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Restore

To restore a (historical) checkpointed version of an object:

Procedure

  1. Select the object, then display the object’s history by clicking the History tab at the bottom of the Contenta Explorer window.
  2. Select the version of the object to be restored. Click Restore (on the right side of the History window pane).

    When you select a version of a Contenta container object from history then click Restore, you are prompted to indicate if you want to restore the current object only or restore the object and its children.

  3. Select the desired restoration option, and then click Restore. Note the following.
    • The restored version of an object which had been deleted appears as Undo in the container object’s history.
    • You cannot restore a checkpointed version of an object if the object is in historical view. If you are in historical view, you must go back to Latest before restoring.
    • The restored version of a checkpoint appears as Undo in the object’s history.
    When restoring a container and its children, the entire tree is locked before the restore operation is allowed. Note the following about locks and locking.
    • Owner locks (owned by the current user) are preserved and do not affect the restore operation.
    • Edit, checkout,locks held by other users, and project locks prevent the restore.
    • Only one path is reported for each object that is locked. The reported object path is the one that is found in the following order.
      1. the one on the user’s desktop
      2. the one on the sysadmin’s desktop
      3. the first one found
    • If there is a deleted object that is locked and the user tries to restore it, the object ID is reported, and not the path to the object.