Hi Eduardo,
As mentioned by others already, you can use the deprecated PD to view unnamed snapshot even for v21.0.2 even though it is not supported, can be still used to view unnamed snapshots.
If you want you can delete the unnamed snapshot from Process Admin / REST APIs / WAS command and it can be automated also (in bulk at scheduled time or as and when created)
But to your main question - What are unnamed snapshots useful for?I find it useful for situations when you have to track when a particular change was made and also by whom -
These situations are few and far between but in such situations this feature could be a life saver. Imagine a new developer joining the team and they accidentally mess up something and do not inform anyone or are not sure if they messed up something. Over the course of enhancements and testing this is only discovered after sometime (and if the feature that is messed up is used very rarely then it is even more difficult to find). If you are a large team and /or some time has passed, then to back track this would be a big issue.
Now you may think that okay the issue was identified and can be fixed then why backtrack, just check with the team.
Well again it is not that often this can /will happen, but depending upon a few thing it would become necessary for the root cause to be found - who and when.
If you are a contracting company and something like this happens then the company's image may be at stake (again depending upon a few things). The messed up feature can be rarely used but critical and then all eyes including senior management would be on this issue. Everyone would be asking
Why and
How was this be missed, entire process can be questioned. Then the responsible party / team / company would need to provide those answers. Finding out, when it happened and by via which ID would help come up with some of those answers and salvage the situation.
And of course the given benefit of being able to use an unnamed snapshot to create a track from it is also there.
But one should plan for eventual deletion of unnamed snapshot as per the team's requirement, whatever they may be.
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Shivam Verma
BPM Consultant
IBM BPM Architect
UI Developer / UX Designer
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon May 31, 2021 09:32 AM
From: Eduardo Izquierdo Lázaro
Subject: What are unnamed snapshots useful for?
According to doc, an unnamed snapshot is created every time a developer saves the work.
However I didn't find a way to browse or restore available unnamed snapshots and it seems not to be related neither to the "undo" feature.
Regards
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Eduardo Izquierdo Lázaro
Automation Architect
DECIDE
+34609893677
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