Data Retention on Archive Tables

[Amanda31]

Question regarding the retention period when setting archive policies into the ar_ tables please. 

I am aware the maximum window is 10 years when setting the policies, but I am wondering whether that 10 years is from the moment the data is moved INTO those tables, or from some other data point within the CI itself (created, last discovered).

Answer will let me know how long I have to put secondary off platform policies in place.

Thanks

[Niklas Peterson]

Hi @Amanda31 ,

There are two rules at play here. First the archive rule that moves the record to the archive table. In this rule you must setup conditions for when to archive. You control which conditions to use so it can be based on any date field, like Created, Updated or what else you have on the table.

Once in the archive table the retention is controlled by a destroy rule. The destroy rule is always set in relation to when the record was archived. Regardless of the conditions that archived the record the destroy rule will always be the same per table and specify how long it should be retained in the archive.

Regards,
Niklas