Create a snapshot
- Robert Alexander Marshall
Overview
The current snapshot publishing status byline is displayed on the Confluence document.
You can create a static snapshot document from a page in a space.
The snapshot publishing popup displays the collections a snapshot has been added to
A user (who is not the space administrator) can only create a snapshot if both
the user has contributor permission for at least one collection
the collection is linked to the space by the space administrator
A snapshot for a Confluence document can be created in any snapshot publishing enabled space in your instance.
Create a snapshot
A user can use the snapshot publishing byline on a page to create a snapshot and add it to one or more Collections they have permission to contribute to.
If no snapshot currently exists for the Confluence document the snapshot publishing status on the Confluence document is Create snapshot.
choose the snapshot publishing status byline to open the snapshot popup
use the Choose collections dropdown menu to select one or more collections to add the snapshot
The dropdown menu only displays collections where the current user has been added as a contributor to the collection permissions by the collection manager.
choose Snap!
Snap! creates a snapshot and adds it to the chosen collections.
Snapshot status displays Creating snapshot.
An on-screen notification confirms the creation of the snapshot document.
The snapshot publishing status is updated to Created.
The snapshot publishing popup is updated to display
the Created snapshot status lozenge
date of snapshot creation
snapshot creator user avatar and user name
list of collections the snapshot is currently added to
The View button option opens the collections viewer to display the snapshot document (in PDF or HTML format) and the snapshot document metadata.
Any user who has permission to view or contribute to a collection is also able to view these using the collections global viewer in the Confluence header options.
Permissions to view and contribute to a Collection are managed by the user who created the Collection - the Collection Owner.
Re-snap
A new snapshot version is created using the Re-snap button in the snapshot publishing popup.
When creating a new snapshot using the Re-snap option
additional collections can be added for the snapshot
the snapshot version is updated
Choosing Re-snap
increments the snapshot version in all the existing collections
adds the snapshot to the new collection