Viewing the History of a File

The history of a file shows the previous versions of a file in the Dimensions CM repository. The history displays in the Dimensions CM History view.

To display the revision history of the file, right-click the file and choose Team | Show History.

From this view, you can perform the following actions by right-clicking on a previous revision and selecting the command from the context menu:

• Check out a previous version of a file (Check Out). Note this option is only available if file is not checked out locally.

• Get the contents of a previous version of a file (Get Contents).

• Place a previous version of a file into your local area without performing a check out (Get Revision) Note this option is only available if file is not checked out locally.

• Action a previous revision of a file (Action).

• View the contents of a previous revision (Open).

• View the properties of a previous version (Open Item Properties).

• Compare the current local file with a previous revision of the file (Compare with local).

• Refresh the list by clicking the Refresh icon.