Managing Entity Archives

Archive entity rules define entity version tracking, and can apply to all entities in a database or to a single entity.

  To set archive entity rules:

  1. In Administrator, select Entities.

  2. Optional: In the entity tree, select an entity.

    To apply archive rules to a specific entity.

  3. Select Edit and then Archive Rules

  4. In Manage Archive Files, select an extent for the policy:

    • Set Default Policy

      Set the default policy applied to all entities.

    • Individual Entity Archive Policy

      Set the archive rules for specific entities.

  5. Define archive rules:

    • Use Default

      Apply the default archive rules.

    • Delete archive files after this many days

      Delete archives after a number of days. Enter a number.

    • Keep this many archives

      Delete archives over a given number. Enter a number.

    • Do not delete archive files

      Never delete archived entities.

    • Apply this rule every time the entity is checked in

      Enables the automatic purging of entity archives according to the selected policy.

  6. Optional: Click Show only entities that override a default setting to display only entities with overridden archive policies.

  7. Optional: For damaged archives, select one and click Repair.

    See Inspecting Entity Archives.

  8. Click Save Settings.

  9. Click Close.