Searching and viewing archive entries

Once Site Archive is enabled, publishing an asset eventually produces an archive entry: a snapshot of the rendered HTML, the field values at the time of the snapshot, and a diff against the previous snapshot for that asset. An archive entry is not created immediately on publish. It appears after two background tasks run: one that refreshes the asset's reference index, and one that renders and saves the snapshot. Under the default schedule this can take up to 12 hours.

Archive entries are global. One editor's archive entries are visible to every editor, not just the one who published the asset.

Viewing an asset's archive history

Every archived asset shows its own history in the Archive History widget on its edit page.

To view an asset's archive history:

1. Open the asset for editing.

2. In the right rail, locate the Archive History widget.

   The widget lists each snapshot with its date and the editor who published it.

3. Click a snapshot's date to open its stored HTML.

   The HTML opens standalone, exactly as it was rendered at snapshot time, independent of any later template or asset change.

The asset itself also shows the date of its most recent snapshot. Under the Admin tab, Developer cluster, the Last Archive Entry Created field is indexed, so it can be used in queries and exports.

Searching all archive entries

The archive search page lists every archive entry across the site, sortable by date and by source asset.

To search archive entries:

1. Go to /cms/site-archive/search.
2. Sort or filter the results by date or by source asset to find the entry you need.
3. Click an entry to open its stored HTML.

note

If a project has overridden the default Site Archive URLs, the search page may be at a different address. Check with the project's development team if /cms/site-archive/search does not resolve.