# How To Restore An Earlier Scorecard Version

## Objective

Copy an earlier published scorecard version into a new draft so you can review and publish that standard again.

## Before you begin

You need **Quality: Manage** and a scorecard with an earlier, inactive published version. Restoring a version does not immediately change the active standard for categories.

## Resolution

1. **Open the scorecard.** Go to [QA Settings · Scorecards](https://wfm.zenops.cx/settings/service/qa-analysis/scorecards) and open the relevant scorecard.
2. **Inspect history.** Select **Version history**. Find the earlier published version and use **Preview** to check its criteria, weights, and standards. The active version remains marked **Active**.
3. **Restore the snapshot.** For the earlier inactive version, select **Restore as draft**. If another draft is already open, confirm that its contents may be replaced before proceeding.
4. **Review the new draft.** Check its criteria and validation, make any necessary changes, and wait until the editor shows the draft has saved. The original published version remains unchanged in history.
5. **Publish deliberately.** Select **Publish**, choose the categories that should use the restored standard, and select **Publish and activate**. This creates a new numbered version; it does not reactivate or edit the old snapshot in place.
6. **Verify the category.** Open the affected category's **QA Analysis** tab from [Categories](https://wfm.zenops.cx/service/categories) and confirm the new active version. Completed evaluations retain the version used when they ran.

See [How Scorecard Versions Affect Evaluations](/help/articles/qa-how-scorecard-versions-affect-evaluations/) for the effect on new and existing results.

> Canonical page: https://zenops.cx/help/articles/qa-how-to-restore-an-earlier-scorecard-version/
> Audience: For quality managers
> Summary: Restore a published scorecard snapshot as a draft and publish a new version.

## Visual references

- Version history marks the active scorecard version and lets you preview or restore an earlier published version as a draft. Publisher names are generalized in this example.: [Scorecard version history with the active version marked, preview and restore controls on earlier versions, and publisher names generalized as QA manager.](https://zenops.cx/help/assets/qa-scorecard-version-history.png)