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title: "History and Backup"
slug: "how-to-versioning"
description: "This document shows how to look at the History of a Designer Element, and how to add Documents or Comments to that History in Decisions. This History contains information about the different versions and states of the entity that are saved after a save event. "
updated: 2025-12-23T09:37:09Z
published: 2025-12-23T09:37:09Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.decisions.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# History and Backup

> [!WARNING]
> Important!
> 
> With v9.19 and above, designer backups are created **once every 15-minute interval**. This means that regardless of how many times an entity is saved within those 15 minutes, only a single backup will be created.
> 
> If you want to restore the previous behavior i.e. to create a backup on every entity save, go to **System Settings → Designer Settings → Archive Old Version On Save**, and set **Ignore Versions Less Than Age** to 0 seconds.

## Overview

To aid in version control and to view **Comments**, **Documents**, **External Links**, **Saves**, and **Checkpoints**associated with a specific Designer Element, Designers are given a variety of **History/Documentation Actions** and **Settings**. The following document discusses and demonstrates how to use these features to catalog Designer Elements in Decisions.

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## History/Documentation Actions

The **History/Documentation Actions**can be accessed by right-clicking the name of a **Designer Element**and selecting **Advanced > View History** in the **OTHER**section. Early versions of v9 have a **History**section, click **View History**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2024-11-11 093922.png)

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## History Folder

The **History Folder**of a **Designer Element** provides information based on the version and history of that specific element. This Folder can be accessed by right-clicking a Designer Element and selecting**History/Documentation Actions > Open/View**.

The Folder's Page displays the following three sections:

| Section Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| History and Documentation | Shows the element's Name, Modified On date, the Modified By email, the Behavior type, and the amount of Backups that are available for the item (Backup Count). |
| Older Versions | Displays all Backups or [Saves/Checkpoints](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/creating-checkpoints) for the element. Right-clicking one of the backups exposes a new Action menu with options for utilizing the Backup. This includes the ability to Restore From Backup, management options, and more. |
| Recent Comments | Displays all added Comments, Documents (with Download/Update options), External Links, and Preview Images associated with the element. |

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2024-11-11 102311(1).png)

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## Designer Studio Settings: Archive

To help with version control, Decisions provides adjustable **Settings**that allow the **Decisions Studio**to automatically archive previously saved versions of a **Designer Element**based on the age of the version, or when a new version is saved. These settings help to control how many versions and **Backup**files are saved for an individual element.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2024-08-01_13h46_38.png)