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title: Return to a Previous View by Using History
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description: Exploring your data can lead you down many paths. Not all of them are fruitful, and that’s OK. CRM Analytics keeps a full history of your activity in a lens. If you’ve changed your lens in undesired ways, or just want to see those nifty animations again, use history to backtrack quickly to a previous state in your visualization.
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# Return to a Previous View by Using History

Exploring your data can lead you down many paths. Not all of them are fruitful, and that’s OK. CRM Analytics keeps a full history of your activity in a lens. If you’ve changed your lens in undesired ways, or just want to see those nifty animations again, use history to backtrack quickly to a previous state in your visualization.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with CRM Analytics, which is available for an extra cost in <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions. Also available in <strong>Developer</strong> Edition.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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1. Click the **View History** button ![View History button](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_view_history_button.png) in the header.
    
    A sidebar lists a history of all the actions that you’ve taken in the lens.
    
    ![History list](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_history_list.png)
2. Select any item in the list to view the exploration at that point. Or use the undo and redo buttons (1) step backward and forward through the list.
    
    ![explorer header buttons](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_header_history_buttons.png)