You can reduce the size of a database by deleting versions no longer required. By reducing the size of a database, you can save storage space and increase access speed.
Prerequisite
You have the Database administrator function privilege.
Procedure
Back up the versionable database whose versions you want to delete. This ensures that you can restore the database if required and that you can access versions that are deleted from the database currently used in ARIS.
In ARIS Architect, click ARIS > Administration. The Administration tab opens.
Open the versionable database whose versions you want to delete.
In the navigation, click Change lists.
In the details view select the line with the change list up to which you want to delete all previous versions. If at least one change list precedes the selected change list, the Delete previous versions option is available in the Start tab bar.
Click Delete previous versions in the Start tab bar. The Delete versions confirmation prompt opens.
Click Yes.
All versions included in change lists that were created before the selected one will be deleted. The selected change list and its versions will not be deleted. Furthermore, the Workspace versioning state remains unchanged.