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Setting Data Purge Attributes for the Analytic Engine
Follow these instructions to set Data Purge attributes that control the number of days to retain business event data, the number of days to retain process data, and the frequency with which Optimize recalculates the values in the OPERATION_PARAMETER table.
1. In My webMethods: Navigate > Applications > Administration > System-Wide > Environments > Define Environments.
2. On the Define Environments page, click the name of the configured environment for which you want to set data purge attributes.
3. On the Edit Environment page, click the Configure Servers tab.
4. On the CONFIGURATION tree, find the Analytic Engine for which you want to set Data Purge attributes, and click Data Maintenance Settings under the name of the Analytic Engine.
5. Set the data maintenance attributes.
The following table describes the data maintenance attributes.
Attribute
Definition
Business Days To Retain
Number of days to retain business event data in the Analysis database component. Business data includes metrics about processes, such as cycle time, instance count, or error count, and data captured from within processes, such as order revenue, items ordered, or line count. After the specified number of days, the data is eligible to be purged by the purge operation. The default is 90 days.
Data Maintenance Interval
The number of hours that Optimize waits before recalculating the values in the OPERATION_PARAMETER table in the Analysis database component (see Setting Purge Operation Parameters). The default is 4 hours.
Aggregated Business Days to Retain
Number of days to retain aggregated business event data in the Analysis database component. Aggregated business data represents a consolidation of business event data that is used to improve the performance of the KPI Summary and KPI Instance Detail graphs. Aggregated business data takes up much less space and therefore can be kept for a longer period of time without consuming excessive disk space or affecting system performance. The default is 365 days.
Note:
By default, Business Days to retain is set to fewer days than Aggregated Business Days to Retain to conserve storage space. However, data retained as aggregated data may not be as complete as data retained as business data. If you find you need to retain more complete data for a longer period of time, you can increase the number of Business Days to Retain.
6. Click Save.
7. On the CONFIGURATION tree, click Process Tracker Settings under Analytic Engine.
8. Set the Process Tracker attribute.
The following table describes the Process Tracker attribute.
Attribute
Definition
Days To Retain Processes
Number of days to retain process data in the Process Tracker database component. Process data is data about process execution, such as an Order Process started at 10:52:31, step 1 succeeded, step 2 failed, and so on. After the specified number of days, the data is eligible to be purged by the purge operation. The default is 60 days.
Note:Optimize recalculates the values in the OPERATION_PARAMETER table in the Process Tracker database component every 24 hours.
9. Click Save.