Enabling data retention

To enable the Application Security data retention policy:

  1. Sign in as an Administrator and select Administration.

  2. On the navigation pane, expand Policies, and then select Data Retention Policy.

    The Data Retention page lists the default data retention policy and any application versions that have no data retention policy applied.

  3. Configure the settings on the Data Retention page as described in the following table.

    Field

    Description

    Enable Data Retention Policy

    Select this check box to enable the data retention feature.

    Allow application versions to opt-out of the default policy

    Select this check box to allow individual application versions to opt-out of the default policy.

    Days of the week

    (Required) Type one or more days of the week to run the data cleanup service.

    Use the values 1 to 7 to specify the day of the week (Sunday to Saturday) where 1 represents Sunday and 7 represents Saturday

    Use cron syntax to specify one or more days of the week as described in the following examples:

    • Single Day—To run the service only on one day of the week, enter a single digit.

      For example, enter 3 to run the service only on Tuesdays at the time specified in the Hours box.

    • Multiple Days—To run the service on multiple days, separate the entries with a comma.

      For example, enter 1,4,6 to run the service on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday at the time specified in the Hours box.

    • Range of Days—To specify consecutive days, separate the entries with a dash. For example, enter 2-6 to run the service from Monday through Friday at the time specified in the Hours box.

    • Every Day—Enter an asterisk (*) to schedule the service every day at the time specified in the Hours box.

    To minimize the impact on the responsiveness of the system, OpenText strongly recommends that you enable the cleanup service only when the system is idle.

    Hours

    (Required) Type the time of day the data cleanup service will run.

    Use the values 0 to 23 to specify the time of day, using 24-hour time notation, where 0 represents 12 AM and 23 represents 11 PM.

    Use cron syntax to specify one or more hours in the day as described in the following examples:

    • Single Hour—To run the service only at a certain hour of the day, enter a single digit.

      For example, enter 3 to run the service between 3 AM and 3:59 AM on the specified days defined in the Days of the week box.

    • Multiple Hours—To run the service multiple times a day, separate each hour with a comma.

      For example, enter 4,18 to run the service at between 4 AM and 4:59 AM and again between 6 PM and 6:59 PM on the days specified in the Days of the week box.

    • Range of Hours—To run the service at consecutive hours in a day, separate the entries with a dash.

      For example, enter 3-6 (equivalent to 3,4,5,6) to run the service between 3 AM to 6:59 AM on the days specified in the Days of the week box.

    • Multiple Hour Ranges—To run the service for consecutive hours in a day more than once or for consecutive hours in a day and at certain hours, separate the multiple range or values with a comma.

      For example, enter 3-5,17-19 to run the service between 3 AM and 5:59 AM and from 5 PM to 7:59 PM on the days specified in the Days of the week box.

    • Every Hour—Enter an asterisk (*) to schedule the service every hour on the days specified in the Days of the week box.

    To minimize the impact on the responsiveness of the system, OpenText strongly recommends that you enable the cleanup service only when the system is idle. Also, avoid scheduling the service from 10 PM to 3 AM (which corresponds to the cron values 22, 23, 0,1, and 2), because that is the period when other Application Security nightly maintenance jobs are scheduled to run by default.

  4. Click SAVE.

See Also

Editing the default data retention policy