An important part of keeping your data set clean is archiving, deleting, and restoring properties as needed. Read on for steps to do all of these things.
Reviewing & updating property details
Once you’ve defined a property, you can review it by navigating to Data > Properties (event & user), searching for the property, and clicking on it in the list that appears.
On the Property details page, you can see the following:
- Data type (ID, number, text, or auto-detect)
- The property history (when it was created, verified, and last edited)
- Any notes added to the property
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You can edit the property definition in the Edit Property Criteria’ section further down the page, and review the full event history at the bottom.
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Archiving properties
To archive a property, navigate to Data > Properties (event & user), search for the property, click on it to open up the property details, then open the Options menu and select Archive.
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To archive multiple properties at once, from the properties tab, click the checkboxes next to the properties, then click the archive button at the top.
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You can also use shift-click to select a large section of properties between two properties. So if you have:
- Property A
- Property B
- Property C
- Property D
- Property E
Click Property A and then shift-click Property E to select Properties A, B, C, D, E.
Restoring archived properties
To restore a previously archived data type, click on it to open the details view, and then click the Restore button.
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Just like the act of archiving data types, you can also restore them in bulk by clicking the checkbox next to the title in the list, then clicking Restore.
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Once restored, the data will disappear from the Archived list and you’ll be able to find it again in either Labeled events, Properties (event & user), or Segments (depending on the data type).