Exploring Revisions, Duplicates and Branches with the Revision Explorer

You can explore the links that exist between different revisions, branches, and duplicates of the selected object.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • To switch between graph view and graph list view, from the toolbar, click the current view icon (Graph View or Graph List View ), and select the view of your choice.
  • To display the duplicates of the object, click Show Duplicates . The icon becomes blue when the duplicates are displayed. To hide them, click the icon again.
    Note: This command is not available when the Revision Explorer opens in revision-only mode, for example to select a revision.

 

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Revision Explorer User Interface
Customizing the Display of the Revision Explorer

Use the Revision Explorer in Graph View

The objects are displayed as thumbnails with their name, and revision number.

The links between the objects and the lifecycle icons show the lifecycle operations that created them.

  • New Revision
  • New Revision From
  • New Branch
  • Duplicate

  1. To modify the orientation of the Revision Explorer, from the toolbar, click the current orientation (for example, Up), and from the menu, click the orientation of your choice:
    • Left : The initial object is on the right.
    • Right : The initial object is on the left.
    • Up : The initial object is on the bottom.
    • Down : The initial object is on top.
  2. To navigate through the different parts of the Revision Explorer, move the blue frame in the map overview under the toolbar.

    Tip: You can also directly drag the Revision Explorer to the required position.
    To hide or display the map overview, from the toolbar, click Toggle Map Overview Visibility .

  3. To zoom in and zoom out, either click + and - in the map overview, or scroll the mouse wheel anywhere in the Revision Explorer.

    Tip: In the toolbar, click Zoom to fit to display the entire Revision Explorer.

Use the Revision Explorer in Graph List View

The objects are displayed in a grid view, with the icons corresponding to the operation that created them next to their title.

Click the column headers to modify the order of the list.

Important: The Graph column displays the lifecycle links between the revisions, branches, and duplicates. This column is displayed when objects are sorted by creation date. It is not displayed when the objects are sorted by any other column.

By default, the objects are sorted descending (latest on top) based on the creation date.

Note: In case of intermediate revisions, to display the revisions in the correct order, the objects are sorted by creation date for revisions created at the end of the branch, and by ancestor for intermediate revisions.

If you click on the Creation Date column, objects are sorted by creation date only. To go back to the sorting by both creation date and ancestor, click the Graph column.