Replacing workspace contents with existing snapshots

To restore the contents of a workspace to a previous state, you can replace the contents of a workspace with an existing snapshot.

Before you begin

You should be familiar with project areas, configuration spaces, snapshots, workspaces, and change sets, which are described in Management of shared design resources.

You must be logged in to a Design Management project, and the project must contain a snapshot and a workspace. A snapshot is a view of the project at a specific point in time.

If change sets are associated with this workspace and you want to preserver those changes, you must mark those change sets as complete.

Procedure

  1. Complete one of the following steps:
    • If you are working in the workspace whose contents you want to replace: from the banner in the upper right, click the Current Configuration Context menu and select Open Current Configuration.
    • From a project dashboard, on the banner in the upper right, click the Current Configuration Context menu and select Explore Configurations; then navigate to the workspace whose contents you want to replace.
  2. From any page in the workspace editor, click the Rebase icon in the upper-right of the workspace editor.
  3. On the Rebase Workspace Configuration page, select a snapshot to replace the contents of the workspace; then click Update.
  4. On the Update Resources page, differences between the base snapshot and the current workspace are highlighted in the Base and Current panes. Specify whether a change is copied into the updated workspace:
    1. In the Current pane, click a delta, which is highlighted in green. In the Base and Current pane, notice the elements that now are outlined in red.
    2. To accept the change from the base snapshot, click the Apply the change to the merged result icon in the Base pane.
    3. To accept the change from the current workspace, click the Apply the change to the merged result icon in the Current pane.
    The Result pane shows the current contents of the workspace as you replace its contents.
  5. In the Result pane, click the Commit merged result icon. A change set is added to the workspace to reflect the completed operation.
  6. In the workspace editor, click Save.
  7. Optional: Complete one of the following steps:
    • To return to the Configuration Explorer view, click Return to previous page; or, in the breadcrumb trail in the upper-left corner of the page, click Configurations.
    • To return to the Design Management application, in the breadcrumb trail in the upper left, click Design Management. To work in the updated workspace, select or search for the workspace by using the Current Configuration Context menu.

Results

The contents of workspace are replaced with the contents of the snapshot that you select.

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