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.
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.
Click ARIS >Administration. The Administration tab opens.
Prerequisites
You have selected the appropriate perspective in the Perspective Wizard so that all relevant folders are displayed on the Administration tab.
You have selected the Configuration & Administration working environment in the Perspective Wizard.
You have the required privileges for the different tasks. The various privileges are listed in the procedure descriptions below.
In the detail 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.