12.8 Managing Message Instance Tracking

You can manage message instance tracking with the Manage panel in the Instances view of Oracle ESB Control. In the Manage panel, you can enable or disable the tracking of message instances and purge instances.

12.8.1 How to Enable and Disable Message Instance Tracking

By default, message tracking is enabled, but it can be disabled in the Manage panel of the Instances view of Oracle ESB Control.

To enable or disable message tracking:

1. At the top of Oracle ESB Control, click the Instances button if the Instances view is not currently displaying.

2. Open the Manage panel if it is not already open.

3. Select or deselect Enable tracking of instances to enable or disable instance tracking, respectively.

4. In the Manage panel title bar, click the Apply icon (green arrow).

12.8.2 How to Purge Message Instances

By default, no message instances are purged. As a result, the list of message instances in the Instances panel can become unwieldy. You can direct the ESB Server to purge all messages or all message instances that occurred outside a specified time range.

To purge message instances:

1. At the top of Oracle ESB Control, click the Instances button if the Instances view is not currently displaying.

2. Open the Manage panel if it is not already open.

3. Select the frequency with which you want messages purged:

   • To purge all message instances, under Purge instances, select All.

   • To purge all message instances that occurred outside a time range, under Purge instances, select Older than and indicate the time range.

4. In the Manage title bar, click the Apply icon (green arrow).