API Gateway 10.11 | Using API Gateway | Usage Scenarios | Trace API | How do I archive or purge the tracer details?
 
How do I archive or purge the tracer details?
This use case starts when you want to archive or purge the tracer details and ends when you have successfully archived or purged the tracer details.
*To archive or purge the trace details
1. Expand the menu icon in the title bar and select Administration > Manage Data > Archive and purge.
2. Select
*the event type as Mediator trace span to archive or purge the stage-wise mediator details captured when you enabled the tracer.
*the event type as Server log trace span to archive or purge the server logs that were captured when you enabled the tracer.
*the event type as Request response trace span to archive or purge the requests and response logs that were captured when you enabled the tracer.
Note:
Ensure that all the three event types mentioned are archived or purged, so that the tracer does not impact the performance of API Gateway.
3. Click either the
*Archive check box to archive the tracer data.
*Purge check box to purge the tracer data.
4. Select one of the following options to archive the required data.
*Select Range. Select a period during which you want the data to be archived.
*To archive selected types of data from a particular date till the current date, select the required date in the From date field.
*To archive selected types of data from the beginning (events start date) till a particular date, select the required date in the To date field.
API Gateway archives the selected type of data for the specified date range.
*Select Duration. Type the maximum time after which you want the data to be archived.
API Gateway archives the selected types of data after the time specified in years, months, days, hours, minutes, or seconds (1y, 1m, 1d, 1H, 1M, 1S).
5. Click the Submit button.
Based on your selection, API Gateway archives or purges the trace details.