--- title: "What if I archive...? What are the side effects?" description: "Archiving entities can have side effects on other data" url: https://support.mosaicapp.com/en/articles/394-what-if-i-archive-what-are-the-side-effects collection: "Mosaic FAQs" updated: 2026-08-21 language: en --- # What if I archive...? What are the side effects? Archiving entities can have side effects on other data ### Discipline - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Member will be removed from this Discipline. - Discipline will be deleted. ### Department - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Department will be deleted. - Member added to this Department in Org settings > Members > Departments will be removed. - Department will no longer show on the Org chart. ### Holiday - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Holiday will be removed from the heatmap and calendar. ### Member - Archive: - Group Member will be archived. - Archive the Member from all Portfolios, Projects, Phases, and Work Categories. - Member's Work Plan will be archived. - Department Member will be archived. - Member Phase Budget will be deleted. - Project Tasks Member Assignment will be deleted. - Delete: - Role will be removed from the Member. - Member will be removed from Time Off Policy group, Capacity group, Office. - Member will be deleted from all Portfolios, Projects, Phases, and Work Categories. - Department Member will be deleted. - Member will be excluded from team utilization and team capacity count. - Member will be removed from Workload and Planner Timeline. ### Office - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Member will be removed from this Office. - Office will be deleted. ### Phase - Archive: - Members in this Phase will be archived. - Members in the Work Category under this Phase will be archived. - Work Plans in this Phase will be archived. - Invoice in this Phase will be archived. - Subphases under this Phase will be deleted including billing category Phases. - The Budget of Work Categories under this Phase will be deleted. - Delete - Scope in this Phase will be deleted. - Tasks in this Phase will be deleted. - Description will be deleted. - Work Category Members in this Phase will be deleted. - Work Category Budget and Work Category Member Budget will be deleted. - Work Plans will be deleted. - Invoice in this Phase will be deleted. - Subphases under this Phase will be deleted including billing category Phases. ### Portfolio - Archive: - Projects will be archived. - Tasks will be archived. - Delete: - Projects will be deleted. - Permission will be deleted. - Group will be deleted. - In addition, all the statuses, stages, and relationships between Projects and the Portfolio will be destroyed. ### Project - Archive: - Work Plans will be archived. - Tasks will be archived. - The relationships between the Project and the Portfolio will be deleted. - Delete: - Project Membership will be deleted. - Phases and Work Categories will be deleted. - Task Lists will be deleted. - Group will be deleted. - Notes and Note Tags will be deleted. - Description will be deleted. - Permission will be deleted. - Timer will be deleted. - Phase Members and Member Rates will be deleted. - Work Category Member Budget will be deleted. - Work Plans will be deleted. - Skills and Disciplines associated with the Project will be deleted. - In addition, all the Task statuses, Project statuses, and Client-Project relationships will be deleted. ### TO Policy - Archive: - Cannot select this TO Policy on Members. No side effects on Members currently using this TO Policy. - Delete: No delete option. ### Rate Group - Archive: - Cannot select this Rate Group in the Projects. No side effects on Projects currently using this Rate Group - Delete: - Rate Group is deleted. ### Region - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Member will be removed from this Region. - Region will be deleted. ### Role - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Member will be removed from this Role. - Role will be deleted. ### Skill - Archive: - Skill members will be archived. - Delete: - Member will be removed from this skill. - Skill will be deleted. ### Standard Capacity Policy - Archive: - Cannot select this Capacity Policy on Members. No side effects on Members currently using this Capacity Policy. - Delete: No delete option. ### **Standard Milestone** - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Milstone cannot be selected in the Projects. - Milstone will be deleted. ### **Standard Phase** - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Phase cannot be selected in the Projects. - Phase will be deleted. ### **Standard Rate** - Archive: - Cannot select the Rate on the Member. - Delete: No delete option. ### **Standard Role** - Archive: - Role will be deleted and Not available to select this Role when setting Member Standard Role or Project Member Roles and when creating Unassigned Roles. - Members added to this Role in Org settings > Members > Roles will be removed. However, existing Member Default Roles, existing Project Member Roles, and existing Unassigned Roles will remain unchanged. - Delete: No delete option. ### **Standard Work Category** - Archive: No archive option. - Delete: - Work Category associated with a project will be archived and deleted. - Work Category in the rate group will be deleted. ### Work Category - Archive: - Members in the Work Category will be archived. - Work Plans in the Work Category will be archived. - Delete - Work Category Budget will be deleted. - Members in the Work Category will be deleted.