Save Status

The save status is displayed in the top right corner of the screen. It shows several helpful pieces of information about your current save status.

The app has three levels of saving:

• Data Save: This happens in real-time when you make changes – the server is updated with the new data, but the drawing may not be updated just yet. All changes flow from the data layer to the drawing layer.
• Drawing Save: This is the last time the data was saved back to the drawing. This is done every five seconds after the last change or when you manually save.
• Version History Save: This is the last time the version history (a snapshot of the project at that time) was saved. This is done every minute after the last change or when you manually save.

Usually what happens is the data layer of the app gets saved instantly when you make a change, and then the drawing save is queued to be saved in five seconds. The version history save is then queued to be saved in a minute.

The left icon with the checkmark indicates the Version History save status. The right icon with the Saved text indicates the Data Save status.

Note

The version history save is used to restore your project to a previous state but is also used to open your project faster then loading all the data from the server on each open.

If your version history save is behind your data save, it means the next open of your project will take longer as it will need to load the updated data from the server.

Tip

Version History (Pro feature) creates a snapshot of your project regardless of your subscription status. This is so that you will still benefit from the faster project open times and if you upgrade to Pro, you will have your version history available.

Saved States

• Saved: The text will show Saved when the data is saved, and the icon will be green. The Data Save and the Drawing Save are up to date with the latest changes.
• Saving – Green: The text will show Saving… when a change has happened and the app is waiting the five seconds before saving the data. The icon will be green and pulsing. The Data Save is up to date, but the Drawing Save is behind.
• Saving – Yellow: This is the same as Saving – Green, but there is a large bulk operation pending in the background as well. In this case, the Data Save is queued to be saved, then it the state will change to Saving – Green and continue as normal.
• Locked: The text will show Locked when the app is locked and no changes can be made. The icon will be red and saving is blocked. This happens when the app is performing a large operation, like opening, importing, or syncing a project and will be cleared once the operation is complete.

Version History States

• Version history is out of date: The icon will be grey without the checkmark when the Version History is behind. If the saved state says Saved, then this means the Version History is queued to be saved within the next minute. You can manually save the version history by clicking on the save status or saving the project in the file menu/keyboard shortcut.
• Version history up to date: The icon will be blue with a green checkmark when the Version History is up to date. This indicates that all levels of saving are up to date and the project is in a good state.