Review Restore

When Elements finishes comparing the tenant’s current configurations and the backup that you want to restore, a comparison page highlighting discrepancies between the tenant’s current configurations and the selected backup will be generated, and the status of the tenant will display Review restore.

For a tenant with this status, you need to review the comparisons, make updates as needed, and initiate the restore process to restore the finalized configurations to the tenant.

To open the comparisons page, on the Tenants page, locate the tenant, and click the Review restore status link.

If the current configurations do not meet your requirements, you can switch to another backup by clicking Restore to a specific date at the upper-right corner of the page. After switching to a new backup, Elements will retrieve configurations from the tenant and the new backup to generate a new comparison page. You need to review the new comparisons.

To export a report, click the More actions button in the upper-right corner and click Export. You can navigate to Process center to view the progress and then download the report.

In the summary section, you can find the following information:

  • Tenant name and customer’s organization name

  • The selected backup

  • The last deployed time and the View change log link

    The View change log link allows you to track tenant modifications over time. For detailed instructions, refer to View Change Logs.

In the comparisons section, comparisons are grouped into 4 tabs. For quick access, you can search for a specific configuration by entering the configuration name in the Search text box and pressing Enter on your keyboard. Switch among these tabs to review and manage the configurations.

Unique to Tenant

This tab displays the configurations that are exclusive to the tenant. You can expand or collapse all configurations under this tab by clicking Expand all or Collapse all. You can make updates as below.

Remove a Configuration

To remove all configurations from the tenant, click Deselect all. If you want to remove configurations within a specific source from the tenant, deselect the checkbox next to the source. If you want to remove one or more configurations within a specific source from the tenant, expand the source to find the configurations, and deselect the checkboxes next to the configurations. If you want to remove an instance within a specific configuration from the tenant, expand the source to find the configuration, expand the configuration to locate the instance, and deselect the checkbox next to it.

Edit an Instance

If you want to update the properties of an instance, click View next to the instance to open the property details page. Make updates and click Update to save the changes. If a specific property cannot be updated, a View only tag will appear next to it.

Unique to Backup

This tab displays the configurations that are exclusive to the selected backup. You can expand or collapse all configurations under this tab by clicking Expand all or Collapse all. You can make updates as below.

Add a Configuration

To deploy all configurations to the tenant, click Select all. If you want to deploy configurations within a specific source to the tenant, select the checkbox next to the source. If you want to deploy one or more configurations to the tenant, expand the source to find the configurations, and select the checkboxes next to the configurations. If you want to deploy an instance within a specific configuration to the tenant, expand the source to find the configuration, expand the configuration to locate the instance, and select the checkbox next to the instance.

Edit an Instance

If you want to update the properties of an instance, click Edit next to the instance to open the Edit window. In the Edit window, locate a property, make updates, and click Update to save the changes. If a specific property cannot be updated, a View only tag will appear next to it.

Matches with Backup

This tab displays the configurations that are configured identically (same instance name and property values) in the tenant and the selected backup. You can expand or collapse all configurations under this tab by clicking Expand all or Collapse all.

To view details of a configuration, click View next to the configuration to open the View window. There is no need to make updates.

Conflicts with backup

This tab displays the configurations that are configured differently (same instance name but mismatched property values) in the tenant and the selected backup. You can expand or collapse all configurations under this tab by clicking Expand all or Collapse all.

To view and manage the conflicts of a configuration, you can click Edit next to the configuration. The Edit window pops up, displaying the properties in pairs (tenant vs. baseline), which allows you to update and confirm the settings to be restored. Selecting the standard in each pair, and click Update to save the configurations.

Any property with a conflict will be indicated by a yellow icon preceding the property for easy identification. When a property conflict exists in JSON format, the specific differences will be highlighted, and an icon will appear beside it. Clicking this icon will open a full-screen view, allowing you to easily review the highlighted differences.

If a property cannot be updated, a View only tag will appear next to it. To help streamline the review process, you can click Hide view-only properties to focus only on those modifiable properties.

For easier review, matching properties are hidden by default, helping you focus on conflicts. You can click Show matching properties if you want to display these matching properties, and you can make updates to these matching configurations, if needed.