#Recover a Whole Class via Search Mode

If you want to use the search mode to select a class and recover Announcements, Classwork, People, Grades, and Drive data for the whole class, follow the steps below:

1. Click Restore on the left navigation.

   *Note: On the Restore page, click the Google Classroom tab if your organization also has other modules.

2. Select the Search mode tab.

3. To search for a class, enter keywords of the class name in the Search by class name field and select a class from the drop-down list.

4. Click Search. The Select and restore the Google Classroom data page appears. The Class name field displays the name of the selected class.

5. On the right of the Class name field, select the Whole class option.

6. After you select the Whole class option, click the Backup time range field and set a time range to search for the backup data you want to recover.

7. Click Search. The search results table will list the class if it has been backed up in the selected backup time range.

8. In the drop-down list under the Recovery point column, select a time when the data you want to recover has been backed up.

9. You can choose one of the following methods to recover data:

   *Note: The Grades data can only be recovered through the Export method.

   • Restore – To restore data of a class, select the class in the search results table, and click Restore above the table. The Restore pane appears on the right. Refer to the following instructions to configure settings:

     1. The restore method is Restore the data to its original location, and the related drive files will also be restored.

     2. The content-level conflict resolution is Skip. After the restore, existing data in the destination will remain unchanged.

     3. If you want to restore backup data stored on the Azure archive storage tier, select the Automatically rehydrate if backup data is in Azure archive storage tier checkbox.

        *Note: This setting is only for the Microsoft Azure Blob custom storage location in a BYOS (Bring your own storage) subscription. For AvePoint default storage, the restore job will automatically rehydrate data.

     4. If necessary, enter your comments in the Description field for this restore job.

     5. Click Next to have an overview of the restore settings.

     6. Click Restore to start the restore job. If you want to go back to edit restore settings, click Back.

   • Export – To export data of a class, select the checkbox next to the class, and click Export above the table. The Export pop-up window appears, and the data will be exported as the ZIP format. Click Export to start the export job. After the export job is finished, to get the exported data, see Download Data of Export Jobs.

     *Note: The Grades data can only be recovered through the Export method.

10. After the restore or export job is finished, you can navigate to Job monitor to view job details and download job reports. For details, see Monitor Jobs and Download Job Reports.