Live Copy Overview Console

Last update: May 3, 2023

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The Live Copy Overview enables you to:

  • View/manage inheritance across a site:

    • View the blueprint tree and corresponding live copy structure, together with their inheritance status
    • Change the inheritance status; for example, suspend, resume
    • View blueprint and live copy properties

  • Perform rollout actions

Opening the Live Copy Overview

You can open the Live Copy Overview from the:

Opening Live Copy Overview - References for a Blueprint Page

The Live Copy Overview can be opened from the References side panel of the Sites console:

  1. In the Sites console, navigate to your blueprint page and select it.

  2. Open the References panel and select Live Copies.

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    NOTE
    You can also open References first and then select the blueprint.

  3. Select Live Copy Overview to show and use the overview of all live copies related to the selected blueprint.

  4. Use Close to exit and return to the Sites console.

Opening Live Copy Overview - Properties of a Blueprint Page

The Live Copy Overview can be opened when viewing properties of a blueprint page:

  1. Open Properties for the appropriate blueprint page.

  2. Open the Blueprint tab - the Live Copy Overview option will be shown in the top toolbar:

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  3. Select Live Copy Overview to show and use the overview of all live copies related to the current blueprint.

    NOTE
    For further details see also the Knowledge Base article Livecopy status message - Up-to-date/Green/In Sync.

  4. Use Close to exit and return to the Sites console.

Using the Live Copy Overview

The Live Copy Overview can also be used to peform actions on the live copy:

  1. Open the Live Copy Overview.
  2. Select the required blueprint or live copy page - the toolbar will be updated to show the available actions. The actions available depend on whether you select a blueprint or live copy page:

Actions for a Blueprint Page

When you select a blueprint page, the following actions are available:

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  • Edit

    • Open the blueprint page for editing.

  • Rollout

    • Perform a rollout to push changes from the source to the livecopy.

Actions for a Live Copy Page

When you select a live copy page, the following actions are available:

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  • Edit

    • Open the live copy page for editing.

  • Relationship Status

    • View information about the status and inheritance.

  • Synchronize

    • Synchronize a live copy to pull changes from the source to the livecopy.

  • Reset

    • Reset a live copy page to remove all inheritance cancellations and return the page to the same state as the source page.

  • Suspend

    • Temporarily deactivates the live relationship between a live copy and its blueprint page.

  • Resume

    • Resume allows you to reinstate a suspended relationship.

  • Detach

    • Permanently removes the live relationship between a live copy and its blueprint page.

Relationship Status

The Relationship Status console has two tabs providing a range of functionality:

Relationship Status Information

This tab provides detailed information about the status of the relationship between the blueprint and live copy:

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