Restoring an archived administrative object
Restoring an archived administrative object returns it to its state when it was archived. Before you restore an archived administrative object, review the following impacts.
Impacts for restoring archived administrative objects
Term
Impacts
Restoring the term automatically restores it to the associated dictionary.
Dictionary
Impacts
Restoring the dictionary automatically restores it to the associated site search.
GraphQL Content Delivery API
Impacts
Restoring a CDA automatically exposes it to previously configured upstream applications and clients.
GraphQL Content Management API
Impacts
Restoring a CMA automatically exposes it to previously configured upstream applications and clients.
GraphQL API client
Impacts
Restoring a GraphQL API client automatically exposes it to previously configured upstream applications.
Audience
Impacts
Restoring an audience automatically resumes the accumulation of analytics associated with that audience. Furthermore, the asset's audience-specific version is restored as well, and visitors including the characteristics in their requests view the audience-specific version.
Variations previously created for an archived audience are now visible in the asset's content edit form.
Variations previously created for an archived audience are now visible in the asset's content edit form.
Content template
Impacts
Restoring a content template resumes pre-population of new assets associated with the underlying content type. For example, if a content template
New Features associated with articles was archived, restoring that template resumes pre-population of new articles.Editorial content type
Impacts
Assets that were created with the archived editorial content type can now be modified.
Content type modifications
Impacts
Restoring a content type modification restores the additional fields to the assets based on the modification as well as any associated text. For example, you modified the author content type with a field
Number of Publications, and the author Adam Braun has that field set to 10. When you archive the modification and then restore it, Adam Braun again has a field Number of Publications set to 10.Dashboard
Impacts
Restoring a dashboard allows administrators to assign it to users, roles, and sites.
Site
Impacts
Assets owned by an archived site resume ownership by the restored site.
Site Category
Impacts
Editors can resume filtering for sites by site category.
Theme
Impacts
Administrators can resume modifying the theme, and can apply the theme to sites.
Brightspot resumes rendering assets associated with sites using the restored theme.
Brightspot resumes rendering assets associated with sites using the restored theme.
User
Impacts
Archived users can resume logging in to Brightspot, and other users can resume impersonating that user. The label Archived no longer appears in various widgets, such as Recent Activity.
Restored users retain their configuration as of the time they were archived, including profile settings, role, and permissions.
Restored users retain their configuration as of the time they were archived, including profile settings, role, and permissions.
Role
Impacts
Notifications associated with the role resume operation.
Workflow
Impacts
Assets return to the status they were in when the workflow was archived.
To restore an archived administrative object:
- Search for and open the administrative object.
- In the Editorial Toolbar, click Restore.
Restoring an administrative object
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