Purging Asset History
When you purge the asset history from an organization, you lose the record of events that pertain to each asset (see History Tab). Before you decide to do this, you may want to back up your organization so that you can recover the asset history at a later date. (For information on backing up your organization, see Backing Up Your Organizations.)
You can purge asset history in one of two ways:
- Purge asset history manually using the Purge History window. See below for details.
- Purge asset history automatically after a specified number of days using the History Setup feature.
When you purge history manually using the Purge History window, you can either delete all history events, or you can delete history events prior to a date that you specify.
You can delete the asset history from a single organization, or you can delete the asset history from all of the organizations in the selected database.
To purge asset history
- Select File/Organization Utilities/History/Purge History from the menu bar. The system displays the Purge History window.
- Complete the Purge History window, and then click OK. The system displays a confirmation message.
- Click the Yes button to close the confirmation message. The system either deletes all history events, or it deletes the history events prior to the date that you specified in the Purge History window.