Purging Notifications

Use the Purge Notifications page to purge notifications system wide. Purging notification data at regular intervals improves system performance.

The Purge Notifications page enables you to purge the data based on the selected options. You can also use this page to schedule the purge process or set the recurrence of the process. When notifications are purged, the data is deleted from the notification table. Optionally, you can also select to purge data from the archive table.

Important! You cannot retrieve purged data.

Navigation:

PeopleTools > Notifications > Purge Notifications

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

 Purge Notifications page

Field or Control

Description

Purge Duration

Select a time duration to purge notification data:

  • Last Year

  • Last Month

  • Last Week

  • Last Day

  • Custom Date — When you select this option, the Custom Date Range is displayed where you can specify a date range.

Custom Date Range

Set the period to purge data.

Message State

Select one or more message states to purge:

  • 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.

Purge Archived Notifications

Select this option to also purge notifications from the archive table (PSPTPN_ARCHIVE).

Functional Category

Select a specific functional-category notification for purging.

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

Notification Name

Select a specific notification for purging.

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 purged.

Run

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

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