[Default] Deletion After Custom Retention Period
Scenario
You want to permanently delete unneeded data entries from the Short Term Storage.
- System Manager is in Engineering mode.
- System Browser is in Management View.
- Select Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > History Database > Archive Groups > [data group].
- Click the Operation tab.
- Min Retention Span defines the minimum length of the time period and Min Retention Unit defines the associated unit.
- Click the Extended Operation tab.
- The properties for the corresponding data group display.
- Type data into the following fields and confirm with Set:
- Delete Schedule Start defines the first time to delete data.
- Delete Schedule Period defines the length of the time interval and Delete Schedule Unit defines the associated unit.
NOTE: The greater the interval, the more data is saved during the maximum time span.
- Max Retention Span defines the maximum length of the time period and Max Retention Unit defines the associated unit.
- Select Delete Scheduled and click Enable to enable the process.
- Deletion is defined for the applicable data group and starts as per the defined date and time setting.