Say Goodbye to Cluttered Catalogs
Until now, your only options were to hide or delete listings. Hiding left clutter in your admin view. Deleting removed content permanently posed a risk to data integrity.
Listing Lifecycle Management solves this by allowing you to:
- Archive listings that are no longer in use
- Restore archived listings at any time
- Permanently delete listings, but only from the Archived tab
- View and track all actions in the Audit Log
A Real Example: One Admin's Workflow
Emily manages a statewide continuing education catalog with over 400 listings. Each semester, her team created new offerings and manually hid dozens of past listings. Over time, her interface became noisy and hard to navigate. More than once, a listing was accidentally deleted, resulting in lost reporting data.
After adopting the new archive feature, Emily now moves each term’s expired listings to the Archived tab with a single action. Her Listings page shows only what’s currently active. Nothing is lost. If a program is revived next year, it takes one click to restore. When her leadership asked for a report on all archived content, she exported it through the Analytics menu in seconds.
Her Catalog is now organized, audit-ready, and easier to manage. What used to take hours of manual effort and guesswork now happens with confidence and clarity.
Analytics and Reporting
Every archived listing includes:
- A visible archive date and optional reason
- Filters in Analytics to view and report on archive status
- Full Listing Lifecycle Management access via the Catalog API
This makes it easier for institutions to meet internal reporting needs, external compliance requirements, and long-term data tracking.
Get Started
To learn how to archive, restore, or delete listings in Canvas Catalog, check out the full release notes.
How’s It Working for You?
Tell us how Listing Lifecycle Management is working for you. Your input helps guide future improvements.
