Make the Days Parameter Available for Archiving Transactions

Create and set a profile option to make the Days parameter available for the Archive Transaction Console Completed Transactions scheduled process. The process includes only transactions that have the Completed status for at least the specified number of days.

For example, if the user enters 30 for the parameter, the scheduled process includes transactions that have the Completed status for 30 days or longer. If the Days parameter isn’t available, the process would use the settings on the Account Rules tab of the Transaction Console work area. There, for all transactions of specific business processes, the default duration is three months. If you have access to that tab, you can change the setting for individual business processes to another duration, or to not archive at all. The Days parameters let the user decide if they want to override or use those settings when they submit the scheduled process.

If your users have access to the Approval Rules tab, most likely you don’t need to make the Days parameter available. But, say that your company has a need to archive immediately at any given time, for one or more business processes. In that case, you need the Days parameter, because the shortest duration for the setting on the Approval Rules tab is three months.

Create the Profile Option

Here's what you do:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Applications Core Profile Options task in the Application Extensions functional area for your offering.
2. On the Manage Applications Core Profile Options page, click the New icon.
3. On the Create Profile Option page, enter HRC_ARCHIVE_DAYS_SHOW as the profile option code.
4. Enter a display name that you can easily remember to help you find the profile option later.
5. From the Application list, select Common Work Setup.
6. From the Module list, select Application Common.
7. Specify a start date.
8. Click Save and Close.
9. On the Manage Applications Core Profile Options page, make sure that your new profile option is selected in the Search Results: Profile Options subsection.
10. In the <Profile Option>: Profile Option Levels subsection, select the Enabled and Updatable check boxes for the Site level.
11. Save your work.

Set the Profile Option

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Applications Core Administrator Profile Values task in the Application Extensions functional area. Set your profile option at the Site level with True as the profile value.