Clearing version history

Use the clear versions tool to clear the version history of an item.

1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

2. Open the following URL in the browser and specify details of what history details to clear:

   http://[HOST]:[PORT]/wps/wcm/myconnect?MOD=ClearVersions&day=date&month=month&year=year&keep=number_of_entries&restrictOn=item_type&library=library_name&fix=true
   

   day, month and year

   The version history will be cleared prior to the date specified in the day, month and year parameters. If no date is specified, then the date will default to one year before the current date.

   keep

   Specify the minimum number of history versions to keep.

   For example, if a version has not been created for over a year, and you specify to clear all vcersions more than a year old, but choose to keep the last five versions, all versions will be cleared except for the last five versions even though they are over a year old. If a number is not specified, then the minimum number of versions to keep will default to 10.

   restrictOn

   Select the item types to run the clear versions tool against.

   If no item types are specified, all item types will be processed. Use the following parameters for each item-type:

   • content

   • style for presentation templates

   • template for authoring templates

   • taxonomy

   • category

   • site

   • SiteArea

   • Workflow

   • WorkflowStage

   • WorkflowAction

   • Cmpnt for components

   library

   Enter a library name. If the "library" parameter is omitted, the default library that has been configured in WCMConfigService.properties will be used.

   fix

   If omitted or set to false, a report listing which versions will be cleared is displayed. If set to true, versions will be cleared as specified.

Parent topic:

Maintaining Web content

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