Schedule daily automated deletion of logs

In this topic, you learn how to schedule daily automated deletion of logs from Neptune DXP - Open Edition in the Housekeeping tool.

Prerequisites

  • Logs have been created for the relevant log types that you want to delete.

Procedure

  1. In the Cockpit, select the Housekeeping tool.

    Result: You start in the Manual tab.

  2. Select the Automated tab.

  3. In Enabled, select the log types you want to delete. To select all log types, select Enable All.

  4. In Keep, select the desired retention period. The default retention periods according to the log type are recommended retention periods for the specific log type. Logs that exceed the selected retention period are deleted. You can select the following retention periods:

    • Keep 3 month

    • Keep 2 month

    • Keep 1 month

    • Keep 1 week

    • Keep nothing

  5. To schedule daily automated deletion of the selected logs, select a time in the time picker in Deletion will take place every day at. The time selected is based on the time zone of the user that performs the automated log deletion.

    If you have a large amount of log information stored, the scheduled daily automated deletion of logs from Neptune DXP - Open Edition can reduce performance during the time of deletion. To avoid disturbances, plan to schedule daily automated deletion of logs at convenient times for deletion, for example, at 01:00 a.m. of a given day.

Results

  • You have set up daily automated deletion of the chosen logs from Neptune DXP - Open Edition.

  • If you selected a retention period, you retain logs that are within the retention period.

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