> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.realtimelca.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# History

> Every change to a project, as a version you can restore.

Real-Time LCA records every change made to a project — base information, materials, and mappings — as a **version**. Nothing is lost: you can see who changed what, and turn any point back into a working project.

<Frame caption="The History page">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/real-timelca/SULuzJ4XbI2MHEEp/images/user-guide/Project%20history%20annotated.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=SULuzJ4XbI2MHEEp&q=85&s=1399fec2510b912d41cec215a3454736" alt="History page with callouts for the entry metadata, the current version badge, and the save as revision action." width="4396" height="2112" data-path="images/user-guide/Project history annotated.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/real-timelca/SULuzJ4XbI2MHEEp/images/user-guide/Project%20history%20annotated-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=SULuzJ4XbI2MHEEp&q=85&s=c60d2db892cb71346c0316db5666ed86" alt="History page with callouts for the entry metadata, the current version badge, and the save as revision action." width="4396" height="2112" data-path="images/user-guide/Project history annotated-dark.png" />
</Frame>

Team changes are logged here too, but for reference only — they are not versions and cannot be restored. Exported [reports](/user-guide/project/reports) are listed the same way: each names the revision and version it was taken from, and appears while the project is on, or previewing, that [revision](/user-guide/project/revisions).

## Finding a change

The chips narrow the log to **Base info**, **Materials & models**, **Mappings**, **Team**, **Reports**, or **Revisions**. Search matches the change description, the date filter limits the range, and **Export** downloads the log.

Each entry carries its version number, what changed, who changed it, when, and where it came from — *In-app*, *Service*, or an integration. The version the project is currently on is badged **Current**.

## Restore a version

**Restore** on any entry does not overwrite your project. It creates a *new* project holding the materials and project information as they were at that version, along with transport and waste mappings, custom emission factors, and the history up to that point.

<Frame caption="Restoring a version">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/real-timelca/OHc_irHb_01DyAk6/images/user-guide/screens/Restore%20version%20modal.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=OHc_irHb_01DyAk6&q=85&s=5bcdcb8c4e34caa574694ba6e26b0213" alt="Restore version dialog naming the new project Office Building (v31), with the option to use the same Speckle project or create a new one." width="3104" height="2024" data-path="images/user-guide/screens/Restore version modal.png" />
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Name the copy, then choose what happens to the 3D model connection:

| Option                   | Result                                                                              |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Use the same project** | The copy stays connected to the same Speckle project, so the same models feed both. |
| **Create new project**   | The copy gets its own Speckle project.                                              |

The original project is left exactly as it was.

<Tip>
  Restoring is for recovering work or branching from a past decision. To copy the project *as it is now*, use [Clone](/user-guide/project/clone-project) instead — it also brings the team across.
</Tip>

## Marking a version worth keeping

Any version in the log can become a named **revision** — a save point the project can be moved between. Open the **⋮** menu on the entry and choose **Save as revision**.

<Frame caption="Turning a version into a revision">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/real-timelca/OHc_irHb_01DyAk6/images/user-guide/screens/Project%20history%20save%20as%20revision.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=OHc_irHb_01DyAk6&q=85&s=e124d8fd17a2963c2dce06f0a237306f" alt="The row menu on a history entry showing the Save as revision option." width="3104" height="2024" data-path="images/user-guide/screens/Project history save as revision.png" />
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The **Revisions** chip at the top of this page switches the view to the revision list, where you save, preview, and move between them. See [Revisions](/user-guide/project/revisions).
