# Restoring a Table to a Point in Time in Dynamics 365

Point-in-time restores are useful only when you need to revert a table to a state just before an undesired incident occurred. The table and table schema will be reverted based on the backups available for the selected date.

Important

A backup of the table must be present for the date you want to restore to.

## Restoring a Table to a Specific Point-in-Time

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Dynamics 365.

   The Apps tab appears.

2. On the Apps tab, click the app with the table ypu want to restore to a point-in-time.

   The Overview page of the app appears.

3. In the Recovery points tile, select a date from the calendar, and then under the calendar, click Restore.

   Content for all tables in the Dynamics 365 app appear.

4. From the list, select the table that you want to restore.

   Note

   Use the search field in the upper-right corner of the page to locate the item you want to restore. To narrow the results, use the Item name, Type, Modified, and Size metadata filters in the advanced search options. You can also search by Name, Modified by, Created by, Modified on, and Owner.

5. At the top-left area of the page, click Restore.

   The Restore options tool appears.

6. On the Destination tab, select the restore destination, and then click Next:

   - To restore to the original location, leave Restore the data to its original location selected.

   - To restore to another location, from the Dynamics 365, select Restore the data to another location, specify the location for the restore, and then click Next:

     - In the Destination environment box, click Browse, in the Select an environment dialog box, select an environment from the list, and then click Submit.

   The Options tab appears.

7. Beside If the record exists, specify which items to include in the restore, and then click Next:

   - To not overwrite existing items, select Skip.

   - To overwrite existing items, select Unconditionally overwrite.

   - To launch the restore job using a specific access node, in the Access node list, select the access node to use.

   - To include deleted items in the restore, select Include deleted items.

   - To restore a deleted table on source, select Create table if it does not exist on source.

   The Review tab appears.

8. Review the items you selected for restore, and then click Submit to start the restore operation.

   The Summary tab appears.

9. Click Close.

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