The All Revisions View
Displaying revisions:
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The All Revisions view displays all revisions created over time for all your documents in the database.
This is a Studio-only feature; there is no Client API method to retrieve all revisions from the server. -
You can view all existing revisions or filter them by their Collection or Type.
Revision types:- "Regular Revision" - A revision that is created when the document is created or modified.
- "Delete Revision" - A revision that is created when the document is deleted.
Deleting revisions:
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From this view, you can manually delete selected revisions ("Regular Revisions" only).
Other available deletion methods are summarized in All ways to delete revisions. -
Removing revisions from a secure server requires a client certificate with an Admin or higher security clearance.
- Exercise caution when deleting revisions, as this is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
Once a revision is removed, it will no longer be available and will Not be listed in this view.
- Exercise caution when deleting revisions, as this is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
Opening the All Revisions view
To access the All Revisions view, go to Documents > All Revisions

Open All Revisions
- Documents
Select the Documents section - All Revisions
Click to open the All Revisions view
Using the All Revisions view

All Revisions
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Filter by Collection
Click to select the collection whose revisions you want to list and manage.
To list revisions for ALL collections, leave the selection box blank or deselect the currently selected collection.Filtering by the Orders collection
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Filter by Type
- Select All to list all document revisions for the selected collection or for all collections.
- Select Regular to list revisions indicating the creation or modification of documents (for the selected collection/s).
- Select Deleted to list revisions indicating the deletion of documents (for the selected collection/s).
"Regular revisions"
"Delete revisions"
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Revision Data
The following details are listed for each revision:- Id - The ID of the parent document for this revision. Click to view the content of this revision.
- Collection - The collection this revision belongs to. Click to navigate to the documents view of this collection.
- Etag - A unique identifier for this revision, used for internal tracking within the database.
- Change Vector - Tracks the document’s version across the cluster for replication and conflict resolution.
- Last Modified - The time this revision was created.
- Flags - Flags indicate whether a revision contains counters, time series, attachments, or is archived.
The "DeleteRevision" flag indicates that the revision is a "Delete Revision".
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Select revisions
Check the boxes for the revisions you want to remove.
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Remove Revisions
Click the "Remove revisions" button to delete selected revisions.
All ways to delete revisions
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Revisions can be categorized as follows:
- "Regular Revision" - A revision that is created when the document is created or modified.
- "Delete Revision" - A revision that is created when the document is deleted.
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The sections below outline the deletion options available for each type.
- Exercise caution when deleting revisions, as this is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
- Removing revisions from a secure server requires a client certificate with an Admin or higher security clearance.
Deleting "Regular Revisions":
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"Regular Revisions" can be manually deleted from the All Revisions view.
See using the All Revisions view. -
These revisions can also be deleted through the Delete revisions operation in the Client API.
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Individual revisions can also be deleted when viewing the revision content.
See Inspecting the revision.
Deleting "Delete Revisions":
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"Delete Revisions" can be removed via:
- The Revisions Bin view - manual deletion
- The Revisions Bin Cleaner task - automatic deletion at a defined frequency
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Removing a "Delete Revision" will delete ALL revisions associated with the deleted document.
Configuration-based revision removal:
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Revisions may be removed based on the configured revisions setting,
e.g., limiting the number of revisions to keep or setting an expiration based on age.
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Revisions may also be deleted as a result of enforcing the current revision configuration.
Learn more in Enforce configuration.