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description: The Activities tab opens the Activities Table in the default list view of logs in the Archive app. You can create your own custom list views to filter and sort this information.
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# Archive Activities Tab

The Activities tab opens the Activities Table in the default list view of logs in the Archive app. You can create your own custom list views to filter and sort this information.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_note.png)

Note The main table provides a high-level overview of each process.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Default View Fields">
          <caption>Default View Fields</caption>
          <colgroup>
            <col>
            <col>
          </colgroup>
          <tbody>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Field</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Description</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Archive Policy Definition</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Name given to the policy upon creation.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">End Time</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Time and date when the action ended.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Failed Count Number</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Total number of records not processed.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Name</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">
                <p>Unique name of the Salesforce activity. </p>
                <p style="margin-bottom:0;">To view the Archive
                  Activity ID, and access further actions, click the
                  name.</p>
              </td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Policy Type</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">
                <p>Process type that the policy runs.</p>
                <p>Valid values are:</p>
                <ul>
                  <li><code>Archive</code></li>

                  <li><code>Import</code></li>

                  <li><code>Purge</code></li>

                </ul>
              </td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Progress</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Bar showing a colored scale of the status.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Root Entity Name</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Object archived.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Status</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">
                <p>Status of the current activity.</p>
                <ul>
                  <li><code>Aborted</code>: Policy manually aborted during policy
                    run.</li>

                  <li><code>Aborting</code>: <code>Aborted</code> process has
                    started.</li>

                  <li><code>Archive Timeout</code>: Process automatically stopped
                    because it took too long to run a specific task or the
                    entire run.</li>

                  <li><code>Completed</code>: Process completed successfully, and
                    all records were processed.</li>

                  <li><code>Discarded</code>: All records from this import
                    activity were moved to the Recycle Bin.</li>

                  <li><code>Ended with Delete Failures</code>: Process
                    finished its run but failed to delete one or more designated
                    items.</li>

                  <li><code>Ended With Errors</code>: Process finished
                    successfully, but some records weren't processed. You can
                    download a CSV of the failed records from the Execution
                    Details‌ page.</li>

                  <li><code>Failed</code>: Process failed, and no records were
                    archived. A CSV of the failed records is available.</li>

                  <li><code>Interrupted</code>: Process was paused temporarily
                    or moved due to system resource availability. The system
                    automatically attempts to resume the task up to 10 times
                    from the last saved state.</li>

                  <li><code>Max Interruptions</code>: Process was abandoned
                    after reaching the limit of 10 system interruptions and
                    tries again.</li>

                  <li><code>No Records</code>: Process ran successfully but found
                    no records matching the policy criteria.</li>

                  <li><code>Pending</code>: Process is in a queue waiting to
                    run.</li>

                  <li><code>Process Exceeds 23h</code>: Activity started and ran
                    successfully until it reached a time limit. When a policy is
                    set to run daily, this status indicates partial success
                    before exceeding the time limit.</li>

                  <li><code>Process Exceeds 120h</code>: Activity started and ran
                    successfully until it reached a time limit. When a policy is
                    set to run one time in a 5-day period, this status indicates
                    partial success before exceeding the time limit.</li>

                  <li><code>Process Exceeds 168h</code>: Activity started and ran
                    successfully until it reached a time limit. When a policy is
                    set to run weekly, this status indicates partial success
                    before exceeding the time limit.</li>

                  <li><code>Query Timeout</code>: Process stopped because the
                    database query took too long to run.</li>

                  <li><code>Running</code>: Process is actively running its
                    tasks.</li>

                  <li><code>Started</code>: Process was initiated and is in
                    progress.</li>

                  <li><code>Too Many Failures</code>: Process was abandoned after
                    too many records failed to read or delete.</li>

                </ul>
              </td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Succeeded Count</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Number of root records successfully processed.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Total Record Count Total</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Total number of records processed.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Type</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">
                <p>Action performed from these available actions. </p>
                <ul>
                  <li><code>Analyzer</code></li>

                  <li><code>Archive</code></li>

                  <li><code>Archive Failed to Delete</code></li>

                  <li><code>Estimate</code></li>

                  <li><code>Export</code></li>

                  <li><code>Export and Download</code></li>

                  <li><code>Export to External Bucket</code></li>

                  <li><code>Import Data Archive</code></li>

                  <li><code>Import Data Load</code></li>

                  <li><code>Purge</code></li>

                  <li><code>Purge By Retention</code></li>

                  <li><code>Purge Estimation</code></li>

                  <li><code>Right To Be Forgotten (RTBF) SDK</code></li>

                  <li><code>Unarchive</code></li>

                  <li><code>Unarchive Retry</code></li>

                  <li><code>Unarchive SDK</code></li>

                </ul>
              </td>

            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

## Review Process Details and Reports

After you click the Activity name, the page opens on the Details tab. You can see detailed metrics and download reports for that activity. When available, you can also run the Retry Unarchive and Undo actions.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_note.png)

Note The top of the page shows the Archive Activity ID. This ID is required for support cases.

These reports are available for an activity.

- Download Execution Details: Report showing every record that the process attempted to process, including successes and failures.
- Download Failed Records: Report showing only the records that failed to process. Use this report to identify records and perform remediation.

Details tab fields include:

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          <colgroup>
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            <col>
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          <tbody>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Fields</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Description</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Attempted Root Records Count</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Total number of root records, skipped root records, and failed
                records.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Failure Reason</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Description why record or activity failed, if applicable.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Record Size in MB</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Estimated total size, in megabytes (MB), of the processed
                records.</td>

            </tr>
            <tr class="">
              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Skipped Root Records Count</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">
                <p>Total number of root records that were skipped intentionally.
                </p>
                <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For example, data that is protected from being archived by
                  using the Salesforce Data Protection Period setting.</p>
              </td>

            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

- **[Undo an Archive Operation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_activities_tab.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Salesforce admins can undo any completed Archive operation and restore records in the Archive app.
- **[Abort an Archive Operation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_activities_tab.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Abort a running activity in the Archive app. This process is identical for Unarchive and Export activities.

## Undo an Archive Operation

Salesforce admins can undo any completed Archive operation and restore records in the Archive app.

Users need the Archive Enable Unarchive permission set.

1. Go to the Activities tab.
2. From the dropdown list, select **All Logs**.
3. Locate the operation that you want to undo.
4. From the dropdown list, click **Undo**.

## Abort an Archive Operation

Abort a running activity in the Archive app. This process is identical for Unarchive and Export activities.

Common use cases for aborting a running activity include:

- The process is taking too long to complete.
- You ran the activity by mistake.

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            </colgroup>
            <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
              <tr class="">
                <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d19862e565">Archive Abort Permission Sets</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Archive Abort Permission Sets" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Archive Abort Archive Activity</td>

                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Permission to abort running archive activity with
                  <code>Started</code> status.
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Archive Abort Permission Sets" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Archive Abort Export Activity</td>

                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Permission to abort running export activity with
                  <code>Started</code> status.
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Archive Abort Permission Sets" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Archive Abort Unarchive Activity</td>

                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d19862e565 ">Permission to abort running unarchive activity with
                  <code>Started</code> status.
                </td>

              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

1. Go to the Activities tab.
2. Select the activity with a `Started` status that you want to abort.
3. Click the Activity name and select **Edit**.
4. Click **Abort**.
5. In the window, select a reason for aborting the operation from the dropdown list.
    
    This step is mandatory. The reason selected appears in the downloaded CSV file.
6. Click **Abort**.
7. Go to the Activities tab and view the Status column. Valid values for Status include:
    
    `Aborted`: Abort operation has completed, or operation hasn't started yet.
    
    `Aborting`: Abort operation is in progress. The process can take up to 90 minutes. During this period, any ongoing bulk record processing is canceled and the details of the abort process are logged in the CSV file.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note If you click **Abort** quickly, Status can change from `Started` to `Aborted`, skipping `Aborting` altogether.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-setup-264-0-0-production-enus/6f21df35-9ea0-4f53-ac94-45c3b5dfd5bc/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note These fields can be seen as display fields in the activities log.
    
    - Abort Reason
    - Triggered By
    - Triggered On
8. From the Execution Details column, download the CSV file.
    
    This file provides information on what records were processed before the Abort action was triggered.