Reverting a Content Item

The following applies to XperienCentral versions R29 and higher.

When editing a content item, you can undo actions using the Undo functionality. However, once you have saved a content item, undoing particular editing actions is no longer possible. In cases where yo need to revert a content item to a state in the past, use the XperienCentral revisions functionality. In XperienCentral, a revision is a copy of the complete state of a content item at a particular date and time in the past including content, its layout and its workflow status. If needed, you can revert a content item to a state in the past in order to begin anew from a specific point.

The following actions trigger the creation of a new revision of a content item in XperienCentral:

Save
Change workflow status
Restore a previous revision

Notes:

The revision functionality in XperienCentral is not enabled by default. In order to enable it, turn on the setting create_content_revisions under the application_settings section of the General tab of the Setup Tool.
When the revision functionality is enabled, saving content items takes longer than normal.

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Reverting to a Previous Version

To revert a content item to a previous version, follow these steps:

Navigate to the content item you want to revert to a previous version.
Open the Properties widget.
Click [Edit].
Click the Revisions tab:

The Revisions tab opens. It shows a list containing the last x number of revisions for the current content item. For example:

To preview a revision, click the revision number. For example:

The revision you selected appears in the Workspace. If this is the revision you want to revert to, navigate back to the Revisions tab in the Properties widget and click [Restore] in the far right column for that revision.