Timeline and Version

Timeline and Version are two closely related concepts in AEM. In general, Timeline represents a history log of a specific page, while Version means a "snapshot" of a page at a specific point in time. With Timeline and Version, you can perform the following actions:

  • Create a version of a page, or
  • Restore a page to a previous version; for example, undo a change that you made to a page.

Please note that a version of the page is created every time you publish the page. 

To revert to a previous version

  1. Navigate to the page you want to restore to a previous version and select the page.
  2. Open the left dropdown menu and select Timeline.
  3. The left rail will open with the timeline information of the page.
  4. Find the version you want to restore, single-click it to open the options dropdown, and select Revert to this Version.
  5. The page will be restored to the selected version and the information in Timeline will be updated.