Create a new content removal content maintenance task to
mark history objects and report output versions, which are in folders
and packages, for deletion.
About this task
You can specify how long to keep the history and output versions
in the content store. Anything that is older than the date you specify
is deleted from the content store.
Important: Consider
the following circumstances when running content removal content maintenance
tasks:
- Run this task only after creating and running the content archival
task. If you run it before, content that was not marked for archival
is permanently deleted from the content store.
- The content marked for deletion is deleted only in IBM® Cognos® BI.
The content is not deleted in your external repository.
Procedure
- Launch IBM Cognos Administration.
- On the Configuration tab, click Content
Administration.
- On the toolbar, click the new content maintenance icon,
and then click Content Removal.
- Type a name for the content removal task and, optionally,
a description and screen tip.
- Click Select another location if
you want to edit the location. Navigate to select the folder or click New
Folder to add a new location. Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Select the folders and packages that you want to include.
- For Run history settings, click
the Run history check box, type the appropriate
value in the box, and then select either Days or Months.
- For Output versions settings, click
the Output versions check box, type the appropriate
value in the box, and then click either Days or Months.
- Select the recording level, and click OK.
- Choose one of the following:
- To run once now or later, click Save and run once.
Click Finish, specify the time and date for
the run, then click Run. Review the run time
and click OK.
- To schedule at a recurring time, click Save and
schedule. Click Finish, and then
select frequency and start and end dates. Click OK.
- To save without scheduling or running, click Save
only and click Finish.
