Use this page to view or change the retention period for alarm and log records as well as the maximum number of report pages Experience Portal generates before it displays the first page of the report to the user.

Use this page to view the retention period for alarm and log records as well as the maximum number of report pages Experience Portal generates before it displays the first page of the report to the user.

This page contains the:

Alarms group

Note:

You can only change the values in this group if your user account has the Administration user role.

Field

Description

Purge Enabled

The options are:

  • Yes: Experience Portal deletes Retired alarms once the retention period is exceeded.

  • No: Experience Portal leaves the Retired alarms in the database indefinitely.

The default is Yes.

Note:

Experience Portal never automatically purges Acknowledged or Unacknowledged alarms.

Retention Period

The number of days that alarm records are retained if Purge Enabled is set to Yes.

Enter an integer between 1 and 365. The default is 30.

Logs group

Note:

You can only change the values in this group if your user account has the Administration user role.

Field

Description

Purge Enabled

The options are:

  • Yes: Experience Portal deletes event log records once the retention period is exceeded.

  • No: Experience Portal leaves the event log records in the database indefinitely.

The default is Yes.

Retention Period

The number of days that log records are retained if Purge Enabled is set to Yes.

Enter an integer between 1 and 365. The default is 15.

Audit Logs group

Note:

You can only change the values in this group if your user account has the Auditor user role.

Field

Description

Purge Enabled

The options are:

  • Yes: Experience Portal deletes event log records once the retention period is exceeded.

  • No: Experience Portal leaves the event log records in the database indefinitely.

The default is Yes

Retention Period

The number of days that audit log records are retained if Purge Enabled is set to Yes.

Enter an integer between 1 and 365. The default is 180.

Alarms/Logs/Audit Logs Report Size group

Note:

You can only change the values in this group if your user account has the Administration user role.

Field

Description

Maximum Report Pages

The number of report pages Experience Portal generates before it displays the first page of the report to the user.

Enter an integer between 1 and 100. The default is 10.

For example, if this field is set to 20, Experience Portal retrieves enough data to fill the first 20 pages of the report before it displays the first page of the report. When the user reaches the end of page 20 and clicks Next, Experience Portal does not display page 21 until it has retrieved the data for pages 21-40.