Report History

You can view past renders of reports in Posit Connect using the History tool. This includes both manually triggered and scheduled execution of content (see the Scheduling chapter).

To access the history of a report, click History in the content toolbar.

Content toolbar with Refresh, Standalone, Bookmark, Logs, History, and Settings buttons.

A panel opens below the toolbar listing previous executions of this report. It outlines the most recent execution and highlights the version of the output you are viewing. Timestamps use your local browser time.

History panel listing four render timestamps, highlighting the version being viewed and outlining the most recent execution.

For parameterized R Markdown reports, different variants have a separate rendering history associated with them. The Saved Variants section provides information about variants with parameterized R Markdown.

History panel for a parameterized report, showing the variant selector alongside that variant's render timestamps.

Each collection of output is saved to disk and is available at a unique URL, along with any output files. The R Markdown Output Files section provides information about creating output files from R Markdown reports. The permissions that apply to the parent document and its source code also apply to saved output files.

Email preview

For content that sends custom emails (see email customization), you can preview the email sent for any rendering in the history panel. This allows you to review the email content and formatting that recipients received.

To preview an email:

  1. Open the History panel for your content
  2. Select a specific rendering from the list
  3. Click the See email toggle button

The email preview displays inline within the history panel, showing the complete email sent to recipients.

History panel showing two render timestamps and the See email toggle next to them.

A record of the email send history is also displayed from the history panel for content that sends custom emails.