Snapshots

Snapshots capture the state of a branch at a specific moment in time.

You can create snapshots of the different kinds of branches, including releases and change activities. You can consult and compare snapshots, and rename or delete existing snapshots if you have the appropriate permissions. When you consult a snapshot, you cannot edit its contents.

You can restore a snapshot so that it becomes the current state of a branch. To restore a snapshot of a release, you must be the owner of the release or an administrator. The release must be in progress, and all the activities of the release must be complete or canceled.

In addition to the snapshots that you create, Decision Center automatically creates some snapshots. For example, when you create a new change activity, Decision Center makes a snapshot of the initial state of the activity. Also, when a change activity is completed, Decision Center automatically takes a snapshot of the parent release before merging the contents of the change activity.

Finally, deployment snapshots are a special type of snapshot, which can be automatically taken at the moment of deployment, that capture the state of the rules at the moment of deployment. Deployment snapshots appear in the list of snapshots, and can be used to redeploy.