Rollback Dialog Box

The Rollback dialog box lets you roll back a file with or without references. You can either redirect the parent references or delete them.

To open the Rollback dialog box:

  1. In the History dialog box, select the event to roll back to and click Rollback.
  2. Select an option for files to roll back.

Settings

Next Warning / Previous Warning Only shown when warnings are present in the Warnings column.

In the file list, changes the focus to the next file with a warning or the previous file with a warning.
Show All Levels Displays file references for the entire file hierarchy (Show All Levels) or just the top level of the file hierarchy (Top Level Only).
Select Files Opens the Select Files dialog box, where you can specify a wildcard pattern to select files.
Open File List Open All opens a list of files in Microsoft Excel as a comma-delimited file.
Open Visible opens a list of visible files in Excel as a comma-delimited file.
Save File List Export All exports the list of all files as a comma-delimited .txt file.
Export Visible exports the list of visible files as a comma-delimited .txt file.

Files to rollback

Type Displays a thumbnail preview of the file when you hover over the file type icon.
File Name Displays the file to roll back and its referenced files (if any).
Warnings Displays warnings, if any of the rollback conditions are not met.
Rollback Displays the selected parent file and its references that have the same Revision or Transition or Checked in event. You can select or clear the files to roll back.
Rollback Point

Click any Rollback Point to display the list of Event in the file history for the target version. The default selected Rollback Point is highlighted in blue. When you change this setting, the rows are highlighted in yellow.

The Rollback Point is set to:
Setting Description
No rollback setpoint If the files are not selected for rollback.

When you select a file for rollback, SOLIDWORKS PDM sets the Rollback Point to the highest valid event in the target version.
Internal Component If a parent file has an internal component, it gets selected or cleared for rollback with its parent file. You cannot select or clear the internal component explicitly.

SOLIDWORKS PDM attempts to match child files to Revisions, Transitions, or Checked in events from the rollback triggered parent file. Any change to the Rollback Point of the parent file recomputes the default rollback points for child files in the tree.
Local ver. Displays the local version and the latest version as local version/latest version of the file.
Version
Displays the referenced version/latest version of the file.
The file is rolled back from the latest version to the referenced version.
Checked Out By Displays the user who checked out the file. This is blank if the file is checked in.
Checked Out In Displays the computer and local folder where the file is checked out, or blank if not checked out.
Found In Displays the vault folder containing the file.
State Displays the state of the file.

Redirect parent references of the file to be rolled back

Yes Default. Redirects the parent references for the versions that get deleted through rollback action to the latest version.
No Deletes the parent references of the rolled back versions.

Rollback Comments

Lets you type the rollback comment.

Total to Rollback

Displays the number and type of files you have selected for Rollback.