Generating sandbox creation reports

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<p id="docs-hc-snippet" style="display: none;">When you create a sandbox, a lot of your production data is replicated in the sandbox. However, sometimes problems arise and the sandbox might not contain all of the elements you expected to be replicated. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Admins can download a sandbox creation report to help them understand what was replicated and understand why some elements might be missing.</p>
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<span class="fastpathtitle">Location: </span> <span class="ph">Admin Center &gt; Account &gt; Sandbox &gt; Environments</span>
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<p class="p">When you create a sandbox, a lot of your production data is replicated in the sandbox.
However, sometimes problems arise and the sandbox might not contain all of the elements
you expected to be replicated. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Admins can
download a sandbox creation report to help them understand what was replicated and
understand why some elements might be missing.</p>
<p class="p">This article contains the following sections:</p>
<ul class="ul" id="ac_account_sandbox_premium_report__ul_i4k_xx2_wbc">
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_hg1_yx2_wbc">About the sandbox creation report</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_epz_yx2_wbc">Downloading a creation report</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="p">Related articles:<ul class="ul" id="ac_account_sandbox_premium_report__ul_plf_cnl_tgc">
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/6150628316058" target="_blank">About Zendesk sandbox
environments</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408822049818" target="_blank">Creating a sandbox environment to test
changes</a></li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">About the sandbox creation report</h2>
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<p class="p">The sandbox creation report contains information about most elements of the
production instance that Zendesk attempted to replicate in the sandbox and indicates
whether that replication was successful. If a sandbox element wasn't successfully
recplicated, the report includes an explanation of why that occurred.</p>
<p class="p">The report is downloaded as a comma-seperated values (CSV) file and contains the
following headings:</p>
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<strong class="ph b">Name</strong>: The name of the sandbox element.</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Source_config_id</strong>: The element's ID in production.</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Target_config_id</strong>: The element's ID in the sandbox.</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Config_type</strong>: The configuration type. This matches the API names
for configuration types. For example, "custom status."</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Timestamp</strong>: The timestamp of the element's
creation.</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Copied</strong>: Indicates whether the element was successfully
replicated during the sandbox creation. Valid values: Yes, No</li>
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<strong class="ph b">Message</strong>: An explanation of why an element wasn't replicated.
Empty for elements that were replicated.</li>
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<h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title3">Requirements and limitations</h3>
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<div class="p">Consider the following requirements and limitations before generating a sandbox
creation report:<ul class="ul" id="topic_r2s_tys_wbc__ul_p55_cbf_wbc">
<li class="li">You must be an admin to create sandboxes and download sandbox creation
reports.</li>
<li class="li">A sandbox creation report can be downloaded for up to 30 days after the
sandbox is created. After 30 days, the report is deleted and can't be
accessed again.</li>
<li class="li">When a sandbox is deleted, its associated creation report is also
deleted.</li>
<li class="li" dir="ltr">Users, organizations, and ticket creation events aren't
included in the report because of the high number of records for each of
those objects. Other objects, configurations, and events that can be
replicated are captured in the report.</li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title4">Downloading a creation report</h2>
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<p class="p">Creation reports are downloaded from the Sandboxes page in Admin Center.</p>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To download a sandbox creation report</strong></p>
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<li class="li"><span class="ph">In <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4581766374554#topic_hfg_dyz_1hb" target="_blank">Admin Center</a>, click <img class="image" id="topic_epz_yx2_wbc__d8e579" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/ac_account_icon.png">
<strong class="ph b">Account</strong> in the sidebar, then select <strong class="ph b">Sandbox &gt; Environments</strong>.</span></li>
<li class="li">Click the options menu (<img class="image" id="topic_epz_yx2_wbc__image_lht_mfz_znb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/options-menu-icon-small.png">) next to one of your sandboxes, then select
<strong class="ph b">Download creation report (.csv)</strong>.<p class="p"><img class="image" id="topic_epz_yx2_wbc__image_mgr_ky2_wbc" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/sandbox-download-report.png" width="800"></p>
<p class="p">You'll find the report in the
Downloads directory on your computer.</p>
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