Purging Data
Pre-requisites:
To purge data from the API Gateway database, you must have the Manage purge and restore runtime event functional privilege in API Gateway.
Purging is the process of systematically deleting unwanted data from the database. You can purge data based on the type of data or the age of the data in the API Gateway database.
To purge data
1. Expand the menu options icon 
, in the title bar, and select Administration. 2. Select Manage Data.
3. Click Archive and purge.
4. Select the event types for which the data has to be purged.
5. Select Purge.
6. Select one of the following options to purge (delete) the required data.
Select
Range. Select a period during which you want the data to be purged.
To purge selected types of data from a particular date till the current date, select the required date in the
From date field.
To purge selected types of data from the beginning (events start date) till a particular date, select the required date in the
To date field.
If you select both From date and To date, all the data in the selected range is archived.
Select
Older than. Type a number and a time period. For example, if you type 1Y, data older than 1 year is selected for purging. If you select 1M, data older than one month is selected for purging.
7. Click Submit.
The purge operation is triggered and a job is created in the job table. You can monitor the status of the purge operation, in the job table.