How to Create a Snapshot on Cognigy

Updated: 07/10/2025

Overview

Before making any changes to a chatbot in Cognigy, it is best practice to create a Snapshot. This will allow you to make changes without affecting the live service and create a backup to revert if any changes don’t work.

Applies to

  • Intelligent Customer Assistant (ICA)
  • Cognigy

Procedure

  1. Log in to your Cognigy platform.
  2. Go to Deploy > Snapshots.
  3. Click on New Snapshot and give it a name
  4. Click Save.
  5. Go to Deploy > Endpoints.
  6. Open the endpoint used for the directory.
  7. Under the Snapshot drop-down, select the new snapshot you created.
You are now free to make any changes without affecting the live flow of your chatbots.