RefractTrack Archiving - Revision history

Nerdofepic at 22:49, 11 September 2026

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	=== Archived tasks travel with your data ===		=== Archived tasks travel with your data ===

	If you ~~export~~ a project, archived tasks stay marked as archived — so restoring from a backup or moving tasks into another project doesn't accidentally bring them back onto the active board. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].		If you back up a project, archived tasks stay marked as archived — so restoring from a backup or moving tasks into another project doesn't accidentally bring them back onto the active board. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].

	=== Related pages ===		=== Related pages ===

Nerdofepic at 03:34, 3 September 2026

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	* [[RefractTrack_Stages\|Stages]]		* [[RefractTrack_Stages\|Stages]]
	* [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]]		* [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]]

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Nerdofepic at 00:10, 29 August 2026

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	== Archiving ==		== Archiving ==

	~~Tasks can be archived off~~ the ~~active board without being deleted~~. ~~Archiving sets a task~~'s ~~<code><nowiki>archived_at</nowiki></code> timestamp, which~~ is ~~orthogonal to both its stage and its review status —~~ a task ~~can be in any stage, with any review status,~~ and ~~archived or not, independently~~.		Once a task is finished, you probably don't want it cluttering up your board forever — but you also don't want to delete it and lose the history. That's what archiving is for: it tucks a task out of the active board while keeping everything about it fully intact and searchable.

	~~===~~ Archiving ~~individual tasks ===~~		Archiving is independent of a task's column and review status — a task can be in any column, at any stage of review, and archived or not, all separately.

	~~Any~~ task ~~with <code><nowiki>tasks:archive</nowiki></code> permission can be archived or unarchived from its detail page.~~		=== Archiving one task at a time ===

	~~=== Bulk archiving ===~~		Any task can be archived (or brought back) right from its detail page.

	~~The Archived page (<code><nowiki>archived.php</nowiki></code>) offers a~~ bulk "archive all done" action — archiving every task currently sitting in a stage flagged <code><nowiki>is_done</nowiki></code> (see [[RefractTrack_Stages\|Stages]]) in one step, rather than archiving tasks one at a time.		=== Archiving in bulk ===

	~~=== Effect on export/import ===~~		The Archived page offers a one-click "archive all done" action, which sweeps up every task currently sitting in a column marked as a completion point (see [[RefractTrack_Stages\|Stages]]) in a single step — much faster than archiving a big batch of finished tasks one by one.

	Archived ~~status is preserved through~~ [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]]~~: a task's <code><nowiki>archived_at</nowiki></code> value round-trips through both CSV and JSON export/import, so archived tasks stay archived after being re-imported into another project or instance~~.		=== Archived tasks travel with your data ===

			If you export a project, archived tasks stay marked as archived — so restoring from a backup or moving tasks into another project doesn't accidentally bring them back onto the active board. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].

	=== Related pages ===		=== Related pages ===

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Created page with "== Archiving == Tasks can be archived off the active board without being deleted. Archiving sets a task's <code><nowiki>archived_at</nowiki></code> timestamp, which is orthogonal to both its stage and its review status — a task can be in any stage, with any review status, and archived or not, independently. === Archiving individual tasks === Any task with <code><nowiki>tasks:archive</nowiki></code> permission can be archived or unarchived from its detail page. ===..."

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== Archiving ==

Tasks can be archived off the active board without being deleted. Archiving sets a task's <code><nowiki>archived_at</nowiki></code> timestamp, which is orthogonal to both its stage and its review status — a task can be in any stage, with any review status, and archived or not, independently.

=== Archiving individual tasks ===

Any task with <code><nowiki>tasks:archive</nowiki></code> permission can be archived or unarchived from its detail page.

=== Bulk archiving ===

The Archived page (<code><nowiki>archived.php</nowiki></code>) offers a bulk "archive all done" action — archiving every task currently sitting in a stage flagged <code><nowiki>is_done</nowiki></code> (see [[RefractTrack_Stages|Stages]]) in one step, rather than archiving tasks one at a time.

=== Effect on export/import ===

Archived status is preserved through [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import|Export and Import]]: a task's <code><nowiki>archived_at</nowiki></code> value round-trips through both CSV and JSON export/import, so archived tasks stay archived after being re-imported into another project or instance.

=== Related pages ===

* [[RefractTrack_Tasks|Tasks]]
* [[RefractTrack_Stages|Stages]]
* [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import|Export and Import]]