Administer content archival

Administration of your content archival includes creating archival tasks and specifying archival locations.

Report output can be archived to an external report repository for long-term storage. For more information, see External Repository data source connections.

Specifying an external repository for report output
You must specify a repository at the folder and package level before content can be archived to the repository.
Creating content archival content maintenance tasks
Create a content archival content maintenance task to move report output within folders and packages for archiving to your external repository.
Creating a retention rule update maintenance task
Create a retention rule update maintenance task to globally modify the number of report output versions, document content versions, and report history that are currently kept in the content store.
Creating a content removal content maintenance task
Create a new content removal content maintenance task to mark history objects and report output versions, which are in folders and packages, for deletion.
Finding content in your external repository
Your archived content can be viewed in IBM Cognos Connection or in your external repository.
Searching archived content
Retrieving report content is important wherever the location. In IBM Cognos Connection, you can access content stored in the IBM Cognos content store and in an external repository. By providing search results for recent and archived content, users can make critical comparisons between current data and historical data.

Parent topic: IBM Cognos content archival