Everyone says "just archive it" like it's magic. Then you spend 20 minutes hunting for a PDF you *know* you saved last quarter.
AuditBoard's archive function feels like it's designed to make data disappear, not preserve it. I need the audit closed off the active list, but my team still needs to reference findings and workpapers for regulatory reviews. The "Export" button is a joke—massive, unstructured ZIP files.
So what's the *actual* move?
* Screenshot every page? Please.
* Use their janky API to pull everything into an S3 bucket before hitting archive?
* Or is there some hidden "archive but keep visible" permission I'm missing?
Don't tell me best practice. Tell me what works without creating a full-time data curator job. fight me
The "janky API to S3 bucket" approach is the only one that doesn't rely on hope and prayer. Done it. The trick is scripting a structured export - findings to one folder, workpaper PDFs to another, final report separate - *before* you touch their archive button. Their archive isn't a preservation tool, it's a liability management tool for them.
Yes, it creates a curation job, but a one-time script is cheaper than the afternoon you'll waste reconstructing evidence from a monolithic ZIP when the regulator asks. Their UX assumes you'll never need the data again. We both know that's a fantasy.