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# Hold exports for review with Auto-sync and the Monitor

> Turn Auto-sync off on a Mammoth export to hold data for review, release it from the Monitor panel, and fix a destination that doesn't update.
>
> Applies to: Where: Pipeline panel › export step options menu › Auto-sync; left sidebar › Monitor

Every export destination, and the Live Link task, has an **Auto-sync** setting. On (the default), data goes out after each pipeline run; off, it waits in the **Monitor** panel under **Needs Attention** → **Pending** until you release it. The setting shows as ON or OFF on the task card and is switched from the step's options menu.

## Hold exports for review with Auto-sync

- **ON** (the default): the destination receives updated data automatically after each pipeline execution.
- **OFF**: data is held until you release it from the Monitor panel, a review gate before delivery.

Turn Auto-sync off when:

- You need to review output before it reaches a downstream system
- A compliance process requires human sign-off before data delivery
- You're testing pipeline changes and don't want production destinations updated yet

Each destination is paused independently. For example, keep Auto-sync ON for a Live Link while a database export is held for review. See [Control when Views update with Auto-sync](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/organise/view-auto-sync/).

For regulated workflows, combine Auto-sync OFF on critical destinations with a Data Check task earlier in the pipeline. The Data Check runs quality validation (null checks, row count thresholds, value ranges) and halts the pipeline if data fails, so only validated data reaches review. See [Remove duplicates and check data](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/clean-and-shape/duplicates-and-checks/).

## Release held exports from the Monitor panel

The **Monitor** panel (its icon is in the left sidebar) tracks exports and pipeline health across up to four tabs. A badge on the icon counts items needing attention.

| Tab | What it lists |
| --- | --- |
| **Needs Attention** | Everything waiting on you, with an orange badge count: **Errors**; **Pending**; **Automations** (files an automation's rule sent to a dataset that didn't go in); **Governance** (checkpoint approvals and failed Data Checks); **Pending Retentions** |
| **Running** | Pipeline and export tasks executing across the workspace, with long-running tasks flagged as stuck |
| **Paused** | Every data source (View, Dataset) and export destination with Auto-sync turned off, whether or not it has pending data, with a shortcut to turn Auto-sync back on. Use it to audit which tasks need manual approval |
| **Activity Log** | A history of workspace activity, if you have permission to view it. See [Activity log](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automate/activity-log/) |

**Pending** holds items with new data waiting to be released, including destinations with Auto-sync OFF. Click **Update** to release a pending destination update straight away, without turning Auto-sync back on, or **Process** for a batch held by an incoming link.

![Monitor panel with the Needs Attention, Running, Paused and Activity Log tabs](https://mammoth.io/docs/images/20261009_004015_Monitor-panel-tabs.webp)

## Troubleshooting exports

| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The destination doesn't update after the pipeline runs | Auto-sync is OFF for the destination, or the View's own Auto-sync is OFF so the pipeline never re-executes | Turn Auto-sync ON for the destination and the View. Check **Monitor → Needs Attention → Pending** for exports waiting to be released |
| The export shows SUCCESS but the destination didn't update | View Auto-sync is OFF, or the destination's Auto-sync is OFF and delivery is held pending | Open **Monitor → Needs Attention → Pending** and release them |
| The export never runs | **When it runs** reads **Only when someone changes this data**, or "Nothing sends this export on its own now." | Click **Refresh it on a schedule**, **Send it on a schedule** or **Run after each data update** (see [See when an export runs](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/share-and-export/export-runs-and-history/)) |

For database errors (Validate Connection, schema conflicts, Merge), see [Send data to a database or warehouse](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/share-and-export/send-to-a-database/#troubleshooting-database-exports).

## Related

- [Set up an export](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/share-and-export/send-to-destinations/): set up an export.
- [Control when Views update with Auto-sync](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/organise/view-auto-sync/): hold and release a View's own data.
- [Live links](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/share-and-export/live-links/): Auto-sync on a Live Link.
- [Remove duplicates and check data](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/clean-and-shape/duplicates-and-checks/): Data Check before review.

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Source: https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/share-and-export/hold-exports-for-review.md · Updated: 2026-11-08