Archiving Notifications

Use the Archive Notifications page to archive notifications system wide. Archiving notification data at regular intervals improves system performance.

Use the Archive Notifications page to archive the data based on the selected options. You can also use this page to schedule the archive process or set the recurrence of the process. When notifications are archived, the data is moved from the notification table (PSPTPN_MSG_TBL) to the archive table (PSPTPN_ARCHIVE).

Navigation:

PeopleTools > Notifications > Archive Notifications

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Archive Notifications page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Archive Notifications page

Field or Control

Description

Archive Duration

Select a time duration to archive notifications data:

  • Last Year

  • Last Month

  • Last Week

  • Last Day

  • Custom Date — Selecting this option displays the Custom Date Range grid where you can specify a date range.

Custom Date Range

Set the period to archive data.

Message State

Select one or more message states to archive:

  • Dismissed — Users can dismiss alert notifications so that they no longer appear in the Notification window. However, they are still viewable on the View All Notifications page.

  • New — A notification is considered new until the user opens the Notification window, and then the notification becomes unread.

  • Read — A notification is considered read if the user clicks on the notification within the Notification window.

  • Unread — A notification is considered unread until the user clicks the notification within the Notification window, and then the notification becomes read.

Functional Category

Select a specific functional-category notification for archiving.

Note: If no functional category is selected, notifications in all functional categories will be archived.

Notification Name

Select a specific notification for archiving.

If a functional category is specified, the notifications are displayed based on the selected functional category.

Note: If no notification is selected, all notifications will be archived.

Run

Select the Run button to display the Process Scheduler Request page where you can schedule the archive process and set the recurrence of the process, if required.

For more information, see Scheduling Process Requests and Defining Recurrence Definitions.