Show archive

The archived work items are not shown in any of the work views of the teamboard. In order to see the archived work items press the main menu button MainMenu in the left top corner and then select Show archived.

 

The following dialog appears:

 

ShowArchive

 

The content of the archive is shown in a table view with the following columns:

1. The ID number of the work item

2. The content of the title field (the Summary in this case)

3. The date of the work item creation (the Report date field in this case)

4. The name of the user who has created it (the Reported by field in this case)

 

The last three columns show icons to

inspect the content of the work item,
retrieve the work item from the archive
delete the work item.

 

Press the inspect icon to view the content of the archived item. It will be shown in the read only dialog because you cannot change any archived item.

 

InspectArchive

 

Press the retrieve icon to move the work item back to the teamboard. The following confirmation question will appear:

 

ConfirmRestore

Press Yes. You will be informed when the operation is finished:

IssueRestored

Then the item will appear in the currently selected view and disappear from the archive. You can still archive it again.

 

Press the delete icon to permanently delete the item. This action requires a confirmation:

ConfirmDelete

If you press Yes the work item will disappear from the archive.

This means that if you created a work item by mistake and you want immediately delete it you must first archive it and only then delete it permanently.

 

You can restore or delete many work items in one go. If you select more than one work item in the list then two additional buttons will appear in the left bottom corner of the dialog: Delete and Restore. Press one of them to delete or restore all selected work items.