Configuring History Dates and Purge Aging

Previously generated reports are listed in the Report History section according to a specified date range. Use these tasks to set the date range and the period in which the history is retained for the configuration report

Note: Reports marked for retention are accessible indefinitely in Report History.

Set a date range for report history

Complete this task to set a separate date range for each kind of configuration report. The default date range is the last 90 days until the current date.

1. Open the Archer Control Panel.
2. Go to Plugins.
3. Select the Archer Configuration Report.
4. Select either Instance or Installation.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Enter a date in the Start Date field and the End Date field in the format mm/dd/yyyy. Alternatively, you can click the Calendar button, and then select a date from the calendar.
   • Click one of the quick links to set the date range to the last 30, 60, 90, 180, or 365 days until the current date.

Set the period for retaining reports

Complete this task to specify the period, in days, during which previously generated reports remain accessible in Report History. When the current date for a report indicates that it has reached the end of the purge report age, it is deleted from Report History.

1. Open the Archer Control Panel.
2. Go to Plugins.
3. Select the Archer Configuration Report.
4. Select either Instance or Installation.
5. In Purge report age (days), do one of the following to set the age in the range 1 to 500:
   • Enter the number of days.
   • Click the up or down arrow to set the number of days.
6. Click Save.