View History

Note: Changes made before December 12th, 2021 will not be shown. For a BPMN view, the History tab only shows the preview of the view. 

In order to check the history on views, make sure that the object viewer is activated. You will then be able to see the name of the view and the history of the view on the right-hand side:

By clicking the name of your view you will see the following information:

• When it was created and by whom
• Owner, status, type, and shared with details

Clicking the History tab will show you the following window:

Refresh

Clicking Refresh will update the information in this window.

Search by period

It is possible to view history for different time periods of time, namely daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly:

The timeline can also be used to help you find a time period faster. By clicking the orange dot, you can select a date directly from the calendar:

Here are the symbols and their meanings:

Go to the first day of history 

Go to the last day of history

There is no history yet

Go one step back

Go one step further 

Search bar

Search terms can be entered via the search bar, and the search results can also be filtered via the dropdown menu Widgets and Users. In Widgets, it is possible to filter your search results by turning specific fields on or off. In Users you can, among other things, select specific users or roles to refine your search results:

Widgets

The view history shows the following widgets: Actions, Objects, Relationships, Lines, and Shapes. These widgets provide details such as the type of action, the objects or relationships involved, and the time the event occurred.

The timestamp format depends on the browser’s language settings. For example,
When the language is set to English (United States) and the time zone to CEST (UTC +01:00):

When the language is set to Dutch and the time zone to EST (UTC -05:00):

By collapsing the widget on the right side you can minimize or maximize the display of the widget: 

It is possible to track a log of the following actions per widget:

Actions

• shared with
• unshared with
• renamed - changed action type
• saved as - only on the newly created draft's part
• published - only on the newly created draft's part
• officialized - only on the newly created draft's part

Objects

• added - when a new node (object/draft) is added to the view (every time, even if duplicate)
• deleted - when a node (object/draft) is removed from the view (every time, even if duplicate)
• changed - not possible

Relationships

• added - when a new link (relationship) is added to the view (every time, even if duplicate)
• deleted - when a link (relationship) is removed from the view (every time, even if duplicate)
• changed - not possible

Lines

• added - when a new line (line is drawn between one free shape to another) is added to the view
• deleted - when a line is removed from the view
• changed - when a line text is changed; when a line type is changed; when a line is switched (to/from columns); when a link (line) is relinked (to/from columns)

Shapes

• added - when a new node (shape/text/group) is added to the view
• deleted - when a node (shape/text/group) is removed from the view
• changed - when a node (shape/text/group) text is changed
• *in case of group added/deleted can complicate if group changes the type to shape group, that's also a delete action

Note: When you add a different view, for example an Architecture view (2, 3), to your current view, for example a CS Flow (1), and then click on the newly added view (4), you will be able to open this view (5) and track its history (6).