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Can I view or access assignments (document uploads) after an enrollment is archived?

  • April 9, 2026
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Hi everyone, 

A questions has come up recently about whether or not it is possible to view the documents uploaded to an Assignment training material after the user’s enrollment has been archived.

One of our uses in Docebo is to keep track of certifications and safety checks, some of which are physical and tie them to a course completion. For example, someone is trained on a piece of equipment, they are evaluated by a trainer, and then upload that completed document to an Assignment as the final step before being certified. Course completion then triggers a certification, certification’s time expires, rinse/repeat.

The problem we are finding is that there does not seem to be an obvious way to view the actual physical document that was uploaded after enrollment is archived. So for example, if someone re-certifies, their old record is archived. We can always establish that a, archived course is assumed to be complete, but that’s not always true and if we were put into a situation where we had to prove someone completed something by showing that document, it doesn’t appear we are able to.

  • Can we view the documents after archival?
  • How do others handle similar situations? Is it “understood” or assumed that someone re-certifying had a complete and properly recorded record prior?

Side question: We’re investigating moving these types of items to Observation Checklists, but may run into the same issue down the road. What happens to checklists when an enrollment is archived?

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lrnlab
Hero III
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  • Hero III
  • April 9, 2026

I do not believe that is accessible after the record is archived. Same with test results, surveys, training materials details and statuses, etc. Never tested with the checklist as training material but I would assume it’s the same; may be worth testing.


Moshe.Machlav
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Hi Chris,

You’ve hit on a known platform constraint. When an enrollment is archived in Docebo (such as during a recertification cycle), the high-level data—like the final status, completion date, and score—is preserved. As detailed in the archiving course enrollments documentation, you can still access this historical data via custom reports, the User Statistics tab in course reports, and the Archived Enrollments section of the course.

However, the granular training material details, including the actual files uploaded to Assignments, are no longer accessible from the UI once that enrollment is archived. The same limitation applies if you move this process to Observation Checklists tied to the course.

The best practice I recommend to manage this strict compliance and audit trails for physical sign-offs is extracting these files before the archive event happens. We typically use Docebo Connect (or a standard webhook) listening for the lo.assignment.evaluation event. The moment a trainer evaluates and approves the uploaded assignment, the automation grabs the file and automatically pushes it into a secure external repository (like SharePoint, Google Drive, or an HRIS).

This approach decouples your audit trail from Docebo's enrollment lifecycle. When a user recertifies and their old record is archived, your compliance team still has the historical physical documents stored safely outside the LMS.

Let me know if you want to dig deeper into how that automated file backup could set up.


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  • April 14, 2026

@Moshe.Machlav This is one of the approaches that Docebo also suggested. I am going to begin testing it out as well as a secondary option which is to upload completed assessments as external training rather than a training material in a course. My understanding is that external training items are independent of archival processes like re-cert.

Thank you for the very thorough explanation.