Admin

Access the Policy Admin Page

About This Task

You can use the Policy Admin page to configure the retention settings for the execution history records of policies created using Policy Designer.
Important: You can access the Policy Admin page only if you are a member of the MI Policy Administrator security group.

Procedure

In the Applications menu, select ADMIN > Application Settings > Policy Designer.
The Policy Admin page appears, displaying the Execution History Settings workspace.

Configure Execution History Retention Settings

About This Task

The Policy execution log can grow quickly and significantly impact the size of the Essentials database. You can control the size of the execution log by minimizing the time that the execution history is retained in the Essentials system and also by selecting an appropriate execution history setting for each policy.

By default,
  • The Policy Execution History records are retained for one month, after which the records are deleted automatically.
  • The automated job is scheduled to run every day.
This topic describes how to change the retention period and the time interval for the automatic job that deletes these records.
The following conditions apply when you set the retention period:
  • These settings are applicable to all types of Policies and Policy Execution History records: Errors, Warnings (Action Taken), Warnings (No Action Taken), Success (Action Taken), and Success (No Action Taken).
  • The most recent execution history of each instance associated with a Policy is retained even if it exceeds the specified retention duration.
  • The node-level execution results, that is, the details that are displayed in the design canvas when you select a record in the Execution History pane, are retained for the configured retention period. However, if indefinite retention is specified, the node-level execution results are retained for six months.
  • Depending on the number of old Policy Execution History records that exist when the retention settings are configured, it may take multiple iterations of the automated job to delete all the old execution history records.

Procedure

  1. Access the Policy Admin page.
  2. For each execution result type for which you want to change the retention period, perform the following steps:
    1. In the Execution History Settings workspace, in the Retention Period section, select Duration.
      The Duration and Every fields appear.
    2. In the Duration box, enter the duration in months for which you want to retain the records.
  3. In the Schedule for background cleanup job box, enter the following detail:
    • REPEAT INTERVAL: The repeat interval at which the automated job must run to delete old Policy Execution History records.
    • NEXT OCCURRENCE: The next occurrence date for the selected Repeat Interval.
    • START DATE: The start date to enable the job.
    • END REPEAT: The end date for the job.
    • TIMEZONE: The timezone that will be considered for running the job.
    By default, the time interval that you enter is defined in hours. However, you can select the required unit from the radio button to specify the interval in other units of time in REPEAT INTERVAL.
  4. Select Save.
    The execution history settings are configured.