Saving and managing snapshots of your production and sandbox account configurations


A configuration snapshot is a read-only version of theaccount configurationsfor an environment, either production or sandbox, at a given time. Admins can save snapshots of an environment for many reasons, but it's particularly helpful to do so prior to making changes to your business rules and other configurations so that you can easily roll back changes that don't work out. Snapshots can also be used toinspectthe environment's configurations,compareconfigurations between environments, anddeployconfigurations from one environment to another.


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Use configuration snapshots to save read-only versions of your account settings
for production or sandbox environments. Snapshots help you roll back changes,
inspect configurations, compare environments, and deploy settings. You can
view, rename, or delete snapshots as needed. This feature is particularly
useful before making changes to business rules or other configurations.







Location: Admin Center > Account > Sandbox > Snapshots


A configuration snapshot is a read-only version of the account configurations for an environment,
either production or sandbox, at a given time. Admins can save snapshots of an
environment for many reasons, but it's particularly helpful to do so prior to making
changes to your business rules and other configurations so that you can easily roll back
changes that don't work out. Snapshots can also be used to inspect the environment's configurations, compare configurations between environments, and deploy configurations from one environment to another.
After a snapshot is saved, you can view, rename, or delete it from the Snapshots page in
Admin Center.
This article contains the following topics:
Saving snapshots of your production and sandbox account configurations
Viewing an environment's snapshot
Renaming a configuration snapshot
Deleting a configuration snapshot




Saving snapshots of your production and sandbox account configurations

When inspecting an account configuration for your production or sandbox environment,
you can save a snapshot of the configuration as it exists at that time.

To save a snapshot of your account configuration
In Admin Center, click
Account in the sidebar, then select Sandbox > Snapshots.
Click Create new snapshot.
Select the Environment you want to save a snapshot of.
Enter a unique and identifiable Snapshot name.
Click Create.





Viewing an environment's snapshot

If you need to look back at a previous account configuration for an environment, you
can use the Snapshots page to open read-only versions of saved historical
configurations.

To view a snapshot
In Admin Center, click
Account in the sidebar, then select Sandbox > Snapshots.
Next to the snapshot you want to view, click the options menu ( ) and select View. A read-only view of
that snapshot is opened within the Snapshots page.






Renaming a configuration snapshot

Snapshots are read-only. After a snapshot is saved, the only thing that can be
changed is the snapshot's name.

To rename a version
In Admin Center, click
Account in the sidebar, then select Sandbox > Snapshots.
Next to the snapshot you want to rename, click the options menu ( ) and select Rename.
Enter the new Name.
Click Rename.





Deleting a configuration snapshot

If you no longer need a snapshot, you can
delete it. Deleting a snapshot is permanent and can't be undone.

To delete a snapshot version
In Admin Center, click
Account in the sidebar, then select Sandbox > Snapshots.
Next to the snapshot you want to rename, click the options menu ( ) and select Delete.
In the confirmation dialog, click Delete.




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