Examples of Assigned Journeys Archive and Purge

Let's look at some examples of how assigned journeys are evaluated for archive and purge during the daily run of the Archive and Purge Journey Data process.

Example 1

Archive a completed journey with 5 months as archive duration. The date of the process run is 28-Sep-2023. The process evaluates the eligibility by considering 5 months prior to the date of the process run, which is Apr-2023. The evaluation date for archive is 1-Apr-2023. Since this date is after the completion date of 10-Mar-2023, the journey is archived.
Allocated Journey ID Archive Duration Purge Duration Completion Date Date of Evaluation for Archive Outcome
A1 5 12 10-Mar-2023 01-Apr-2023 Will be archived

Example 2

Archive a completed journey with 12 months as archive duration. The date of the process run is 28-Sep-2023. The process evaluates the eligibility by considering 12 months prior to the process run, which is 28-Sep-2022. The evaluation date for archive is 1-Sep-2022. Since this date is before the completion date, the journey won’t be eligible for archive.
Allocated Journey ID Archive Duration Purge Duration Completion Date Date of Evaluation for Archive Outcome
A2 12 12 28-Sep-2022 1-Sep-2022 Won't be archived

In these examples, let’s see how archived assigned journeys are evaluated for purge.

Example 3

Purge a completed journey with 12 months purge duration. The date of the process run is 28-Sep-2023. The process evaluates the eligibility by considering 12 months prior to the process run, which is 28-Sep-2022. The archive date is 1-Jan-2022 and the evaluation date for purge is 1-Sep-2022. Since this date is after the archive date, the journey is eligible for purge.
Allocated Journey ID Archive Duration Purge Duration Archive Date Date of Evaluation for Purge Outcome
A1 5 12 01-Jan-2022 01-Sep-2022 Will be purged

Example 4

Purge a completed journey with 12 months purge duration. The date of the process run is 28-Sep-2023. The process evaluates the eligibility by considering 12 months prior to the process run, which is 28-Sep-2022. The date of evaluation for purge is 1-Sep-2022 and since this date is ahead of the archive date of 28-Sep-2022, it doesn’t meet eligibility and won’t be purged.
Allocated Journey ID Archive Duration Purge Duration Archive Date Date of Evaluation for Purge Outcome
A2 12 12 28-Sep-2022 01-Sep-2022 Won't be purged