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Everybody has their own style, this is simple and works for me. Original Report: APP.DPM.zcus.report.nameBackup Copies: APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.0APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.1APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.2APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.3Other backup conventions I've seen: APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.bkpAPP.DPM.zcus.report.name.bkp.1APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.20071201APP.DPM.zcus.report.name.20071201.0700Pick a convention that's simple and allows you to reliably restore a report when you need to. Using the .0,.1,.2,.3 strategy allows me to quickly select the last backup without doing any thinking should a restore of a report be needed. That's not a time, when I want to be wondering which one was the last one.
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