The Purge Options set the values that rule how long to keep specific details.
- Alarm activity detail to keep (days) - Use this option to define the number of days you want the system to keep Alarm Activity details for analysis purposes.
Database Backups
- Database backup instructions - This informational field contains the programming language string required to complete a proper database backup. This option is for informational purposes only. The database backup does not actually run from this information. This is utilized only if replication is not implemented for the Monitoring Company.
- Database backup time of the day - This informational field contains the time the database backup is set to run. The database backup does not actually run from this information. This is utilized only if replication is not implemented for the Monitoring Company.
Expiration
- Number of days before purging temporary open/close schedules - This option defines the number of days you want expired temporary Open/Close schedule entries to remain in the system before they are purged.
- Number of hours before purging expired reminders - This option defines the number of hours you want expired reminders to remain in the system before they are purged.
- Number of days before purging expired temporary comments - This option defines the number of hours you want expired temporary comments to remain in the system before they are purged.
Reports
- Number of hours to keep completed scheduled reports - This option defines the number of hours you want completed Scheduled Reports to remain in the system before they are purged.
- Number of hours to keep failed reports - This option defines the number of hours you want failed Reports to remain in the system before the system before they are purged. We do not recommend setting this option to zero because the system will likely purge the Reports before you have a chance to review them and determine the cause of the failure.
- Number of hours to keep on-demand reports - This option defines the number of hours you want On-Demand Reports to remain in the system before the system before they are purged.
- Number of hours to keep previewed reports - This option defines the number of hours you want Previewed Reports to remain in the system before the system before they are purged.
Logs
- Number of months of customer logs to keep - This option defines the number of calendar months you want Customer Logs to remain in the system before they are purged. If set to zero, the Customer Logs will never purge.
- Number of months of raw data to keep - Raw Data Logs display Receiver signals in their raw form. This option defines the number of calendar months you want Raw Data Logs to remain in the system before they are purged.
- Number of months of system logs to keep - System Logs contain login and log out information as well as results from the Report server. This option defines the number of calendar months you want System Logs to remain in the system before they are purged.
Paged Contacts
- Paged Contacts Expiration - This option defines the number of minutes after which the system should purge non-responding paged contacts. The minimum value for this option is ten minutes.