Search for changes to content and files
You can go to the Changesets module to see an ongoing record of all changes made to every component in your instance of Inspire. As this is a list of all changes made on a daily basis, it can be very long.
A changeset is a group of related modifications tracked in Inspire's version control system. A changeset record details specific changes made to files within one action, including information like what was changed, who made the change, and any comments explaining the reason behind the modification. One action, such as publishing, can include multiple components.
- To find changes to a group of components, you can search on the Changesets tab.
- If instead you want to see all changes made to one component over time, you can search for the component on the Histories tab.
- Both tabs in this module allow you to:
- Refresh to see the latest changes
- Sort by any column
- Show and hide columns by going to a column and clicking
the down arrow next to the column name and selecting the Columns menu - Search for changes made during a specific date range using the From and To date picker
- Limit results to those made for a specific Action
- Limit results to those made for a specific Inspire Process Type
- Show only changesets where the Action is Delete by selecting Show Deleted
- Save a filtered or unfiltered list of 200 entries to a CSV file to manage the data outside of Inspire.
To access the Changesets module, you must have one of the following:
- Administrator permissions
- Changesets module permissions
Administrators can grant access to the Changesets module by following the steps in Allow non-Admin users to work with changesets.
Saving changesets to a CSV file
After you get the list you want, you can save it to a CSV.
The maximum amount of data that can be saved to a CSV is 200 changesets.
You can filter the list by dates to limit the number of changesets.
- If you search or filter the list, Inspire now saves only your search results to the CSV file. To see all changeset records, clear your search.
When saving search results on the Changesets tab:
The Components column is not included in the CSV file.
- A new column called DisplayNames has been added to the CSV file. It lists the component names in the changeset.
- Follow the steps in Save the changeset list.
Search by Action or Process
To find changes to a group of components, you can search on the Changesets tab. For example, one action, such as publishing, can include multiple components.
On the Changesets tab, you cannot search in or sort by the following columns:
- Action (Use a filter to limit the list to a specific user Action)
- Process (Use a filter to limit the list to a specific Inspire Process)
- Components (Use the Histories tab)
You can search in the following ways:
- Search changesets by a keyword.
- Search changesets by dates.
- Filter changesets by selecting a user Action.
- Filter changesets by selecting an Inspire Process.
- Filter changesets to see deletions.
Keep in mind that one changeset record can include multiple components. For example, when creating a review with multiple files, all files are listed in the Review changeset record.
