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Overview
Some actions you perform in Activity center can be cancelled after they have been applied. For example, changing activity status or setting a dependency. This can be a great help should you make a mistake. There are at present a limited number of undoable changes, as summarized below. To learn more about the actions and Undo functionality, associated limitations and opportunities, please refer to the following help articles:
In this article
Warning
Make sure you do not refresh the page (Activity center) to be able to undo actions done within the current session.
Activity center — Gantt chart
To learn more, see here.
Project editing
When doing editing changes to a project, the Undo button may appear next to Automations beneath the Quick access bar.
The following project edit actions can be undone currently (the list will continue to expand):
- Changing the name
- Changing the status
- Setting as completed
- Changing start or end date or duration
To learn more about the Undo action for project editing, please see here.
Activity editing
As you edit an activity, e.g. its name or status, you will see the Undo button appear next to Automations beneath the Quick access bar.
The following activity edit actions can be undone currently (the list will continue to expand):
- Changing the name
- Changing the status
- Setting as completed
- Changing start or end date or duration
To learn more about the Undo action for activity editing, please see here.
Managing dependencies
Another group of changes that are undoable pertain to dependencies. These include:
- Adding a dependency
- Changing a master activity
- Editing dependency type
- Editing dependency lag
- Removing a dependency
Dependencies set, edited, and deleted on both Table and Gantt tabs of Activity center are covered.
To learn more about the Undo action for dependency management, please see Manage dependencies and Activity center - Gantt chart.
Redo
Just like you may need to cancel an error by using the Undo button, there may be cases when you regret undoing changes and would like to restore them. That's when the Redo button comes handy. It complements the Undo action
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The Redo button acts as a 'shadow' of the Undo button:
- When you make a certain editing change, e.g. change a task name, or a series of changes within the current session (before the page is reloaded or the user logs out) it causes the Undo button to appear - with all the undoable changes recorded in its memory;
- Operating the Undo button causes the Redo button to appear - in case you need to cancel an undo action.
- When there are several undoable changes in its memory, the Redo button will remain visible and active to cancel the very last of them (within the current session only as the Redo button's memory the same as that of the Undo is cleared once the page is refreshed).
The Redo button has a few properties as follows:
- Redo restores actions in the reverse order they were undone (i.e. most recently undone is
redone first). - Redo can still work even if the user performs other non-redoable actions in between.
- A tooltip on the Redo button will show information about the action that will be re-applied
on the next click.
- If it’s impossible to redo the action (e.g. the task was deleted after Undo), the system will
show an error message.
The list of the Redo button's actions matches that of the Undo button. For details, please see: