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tushaar_srivastava
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How to check the content change history. [AEM6.5]

  • February 20, 2024
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Hi Team.

 

is there any way to check the history of authored content.

example : I have added or removed some content on each days/any several days. and I want to check the authored history of that page how can we check that?

 

I have added one heading as "Test" in About Us page. and how can I see the history of authored content.

 

I have restored the tree from siteadmin

 

but this did not show the history of authored content.

 

So, is there any way to get the history of authored content.


Thanks

 

@lukasz-m  @arunpatidar  @kautuk_sahni 

 

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Best answer by lukasz-m

If you do not want to use or can not use versions, you can try to utilize audit logs. It will not be so user friendly as Page Difference feature, but maybe it will do the work.

AEM OOTB is not providing any console to browse audit logs (/var/audit), however you can use Audit Log Search from AEM ACS Commons.

In case this is still not enough for you, some custom solution will be needed in my opinion.

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lukasz-m
Community Advisor
lukasz-mCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
February 20, 2024

Hi @tushaar_srivastava,

Please explore OOTB Page Difference feature, that presents content modification/changes in visual way. Please have a look into below tutorial/documentation that explains how to utilize this feature:

Sample result:

I hope this is what you are looking for.

    tushaar_srivastava
    tushaar_srivastavaAuthor
    Level 6
    February 20, 2024

    Thank you @lukasz-m  for response.

    but this will always with if a page have version, but let say if we don't have any version but the pages modified multiple time, in that case how can we compare history of authored page depend on current authored vs last authored.

      lukasz-m
      Community Advisor
      lukasz-mCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
      Community Advisor
      February 20, 2024

      If you do not want to use or can not use versions, you can try to utilize audit logs. It will not be so user friendly as Page Difference feature, but maybe it will do the work.

      AEM OOTB is not providing any console to browse audit logs (/var/audit), however you can use Audit Log Search from AEM ACS Commons.

      In case this is still not enough for you, some custom solution will be needed in my opinion.

        Jagadeesh_Prakash
        Community Advisor
        Jagadeesh_PrakashCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        February 20, 2024

        @tushaar_srivastava  OOTB doesn't support your ask. AEM can not maintain each and every history of the content authored on the page until a version is created. 

         

        If that is the case then a lot of history or audit log will be created in the backend which will increase the repo size.( which is not suggested )

        You can write a custom solution by connecting to a third party DB which can maintain the audit.  

          kautuk_sahni
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          kautuk_sahniCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          February 21, 2024

          @tushaar_srivastava Did you find the suggestions from users helpful? Please let us know if more information is required. Otherwise, please mark the answer as correct for posterity. If you have found out solution yourself, please share it with the community.

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