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title: Preview a Legacy Salesforce Archive Policy
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description: Generate and acknowledge a preview of your Legacy Salesforce Archive policy. Previews estimate the number of records and files that your policy affects, helping you evaluate its impact on the data in your org.
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# Preview a Legacy Salesforce Archive Policy

Generate and acknowledge a preview of your Legacy Salesforce Archive policy. Previews estimate the number of records and files that your policy affects, helping you evaluate its impact on the data in your org.

### Required Editions

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d77555e46">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d77555e46 ">To create, edit, and schedule Archive Policies:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d77555e46 ">Manage Archive Policies</td>
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![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 This content relates to Legacy Salesforce Archive. Read about the Archive managed package in [Own from Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.own_from_salesforce.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

By default, you're required to generate and acknowledge a preview when you create an Archive policy or update its object configuration. You can publish the policy only after you acknowledge the preview.

Admins can make preview acknowledgments optional by enabling the Bypass previewing for Archive Policies setting. From Setup, go to the Archive Policy Settings page.

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

Warning Mistargeting data with your policy can result in accidental data loss. To mitigate this risk, we recommend that admins maintain the policy preview requirement.

To generate and acknowledge a policy preview:

1. On the policy details page, click **Generate Preview**.
    
    A preview job session begins running. You can track its status on the Previews tab.
2. When the preview job is complete, review the metrics on the Previews tab.
    
    Metrics include the total number of archived records and the total number of deleted files and attachments.
    
    ![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 During policy execution, some records can be excluded from processing due to errors or validation issues. These exclusions aren't accounted for in policy previews.
3. If the volume of affected data suggests a configuration error, review and update your policy, and then generate a new preview.
4. If you're satisfied with the preview results, click **Acknowledge**.

You're ready to publish your Archive policy.

#### See Also

- [Publish and Manage a Legacy Salesforce Archive Policy](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_manage_policy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To add your Legacy Salesforce Archive policy to the job queue, publish it. You can also edit, delete, or immediately run a policy.")