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title: "Create a snapshot"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/AHP/650346611/Create%20a%20snapshot"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Create a snapshot

> Macro (excerpt)
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> A user can use the snapshot publishing byline on a page to create a snapshot and add it to one or more **Collections** they have permission to contribute to.
> 
> If no snapshot currently exists for the Confluence document the [snapshot publishing status](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650215885/Snapshot+Publishing#Snapshot-publishing-status) on the Confluence document is **Create snapshot.**
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> ![image](media://158c8a39-5929-4503-bd30-4f12cc40591a)
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> - choose the [snapshot publishing status byline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649528850) to open the snapshot popup
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> ![image](media://UNKNOWN_MEDIA_ID)
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> - use the **Choose collections** dropdown menu to select one or more collections to add the snapshot
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> > 📝 The dropdown menu only displays collections where the current user has been added as a **contributor** to the collection permissions by the **collection manager**.
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> - choose **Snap!**
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> **Snap!** creates a snapshot and adds it to the chosen collections.

Snapshot status displays **Creating snapshot**.

![image](media://c5f128f9-7f06-4814-bcf4-506e486204dd)

An on-screen notification confirms the creation of the snapshot document.

![image](media://UNKNOWN_MEDIA_ID)

The [snapshot publishing status](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650215885/Snapshot+Publishing#Snapshot-publishing-status) is updated to **Created**.

The snapshot publishing popup is updated to display

- the **Created** snapshot status lozenge
- date of snapshot creation
- snapshot creator user avatar and user name
- list of collections the snapshot is currently added to

![image](media://UNKNOWN_MEDIA_ID)

The **View** button option opens the [collections viewer](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650119475) to display the snapshot document (in PDF or HTML format) and the snapshot document metadata.

Any user who has permission to view or contribute to a **collection** is also able to view these using the [collections global viewer](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650119475) in the Confluence header options.

> 📝 Permissions to view and contribute to a Collection are managed by the user who created the **Collection** - the **Collection Owner**.

## Re-snap

> Macro (excerpt)
> 
> A new snapshot version is created using the **Re-snap** button in the [snapshot publishing popup](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ahp&title=Snapshot%20publishing%20popup&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=650346611).
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> > ℹ️ The **Re-snap** button is enabled when the source Confluence document is updated and the snapshot publishing status is **Out of Sync**.
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> ![image](media://ee970a06-eeee-486c-946a-0dbfe4bbe0be)
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> When creating a new snapshot using the **Re-snap** option
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> - additional **collections** can be added for the snapshot
> - the snapshot version is updated
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> > 📝 The **Re-snap** button will also be enabled if an additional collection is added to the snapshot publishing popup.
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> ![image](media://UNKNOWN_MEDIA_ID)
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> Choosing **Re-snap**
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> - increments the snapshot version in all the existing collections
> - adds the snapshot to the new collection