{"id":8590,"date":"2025-05-08T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=8590"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:05:07","slug":"version-control","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/version-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Version Control &#038; Audit History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Version Control and audit history logs allow you to systematically track document changes, maintain comprehensive version history, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, such as ISO 9001.<\/p>\n<p>You can maintain detailed, immutable records of who made changes and when actions occurred. You can then easily export or share those records with external stakeholders or auditors.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><i>Users: You must be an Administrator to enable Version Control.<\/i><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><i>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact our support team<\/a> if you would like to trial this feature.<\/i><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>How to enable version control<\/h2>\n<p>Version control can be enabled by an Admin from the <a href=\"https:\/\/brightstar.process.st\/organizations\/manage\/settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organization settings page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This lets you track version numbers and history on Workflows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/document-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Files<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-scaled.png\" alt=\"How to enable versioning\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Enable-version-control-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Material and non-material changes<\/h2>\n<p>You can choose between material and non-material changes when publishing updates to Workflows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/document-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Files<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-scaled.png\" alt=\"Select material or non material change\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Publish-and-select-type-of-change-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The explanation of changes is mandatory since it will be added to the revision history table (more on this below).<\/p>\n<p>Material changes will increase the version number by 1, and non-material changes will increment it by 0.1.<\/p>\n<h2>Reference ID<\/h2>\n<p>You can add reference Ids to the names of any Workflows, Pages, Files or Forms in your organization.<\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>settings cog<\/strong> when you&#8217;re in edit mode, and you can set the reference ID.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-scaled.png\" alt=\"How to add reference ID to documents\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ref-ID-1-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reference IDs will show with the version number in your Library (shown below), in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reports<\/a> (when you select the version columns) and in the editor focus bar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-scaled.png\" alt=\"Viewing prefix in your Library \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-and-Prefix-in-Library-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: There&#8217;s a character limit of 100 characters on reference IDs.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity logs<\/h2>\n<p>Activity logs on Workflows, Files, Pages and Forms have a date range selector and an export function.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-scaled.png\" alt=\"Filter and export activity logs\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Activity-log-filters-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can review up to one year at a time. For example, you can look at the last year or the year before, but not both of those years at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Export your data as a CSV file using the button shown above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You can view activity logs on Completed Workflow runs.<\/p>\n<h2>Revision history tables<\/h2>\n<p>You can access revision history tables from the <strong>meatball menu<\/strong> on any Workflows, Files, Pages and Forms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-scaled.png\" alt=\"Accessing revision history tables\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Where-to-find-revision-history-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The table shows the version number, prefix (if used), who made revisions, when and the description of changes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-scaled.png\" alt=\"View and export a revision history table\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/View-and-export-revision-history-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here, you can restore to a previous version or export the details via CSV to share with an auditor.<\/p>\n<p>When you print a document or workflow, or save it as a PDF, the history table is displayed in a table at the bottom of the document.<\/p>\n<h2>Webhooks<\/h2>\n<p>You can track material and non-material changes by setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/webhooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">webhooks<\/a>\u00a0in your <a href=\"https:\/\/app.process.st\/organizations\/manage\/integrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organization&#8217;s integrations area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-scaled.png\" alt=\"Track changes with version control\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Version-tracking-webhook-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You&#8217;ll need to be an Admin to create webhooks.<\/p>\n<p>This enables you to run a training workflow when a policy or procedure has significantly changed, for example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Version Control and audit history logs allow you to systematically track document changes, maintain comprehensive version history, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, such as ISO 9001. 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