Use the EDI Archive Purge program to specify the number of months of archived EDI data to retain and then purge any data that is older. Reducing the size of archived files reduces the amount of time required to perform system backups and restores.
To purge EDI archives:
From the System > System Programming > EDI > EDI Maintenance >EDI Archive Maintenance menu, select Purge Archive Documents to display the EDI Archive Purge screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
The system populates the fields with the defaults entered in the Months Before Purge Of EDI Archives control maintenance record.
Override the defaults, as needed, to designate the number of months of archive data the system should keep when the purge program runs.
For example, if you enter 12 in a field, the system preserves the most recent 12 months of archived data and deletes everything that has been in the archive longer than 12 months. If you leave a field blank, the system does not delete records from that archive. If you enter zero (0), the system deletes all the records in the archive.
Use one of the following hot keys to run the purge:
Begin - Purges archived records now.
Schedule - Schedules the purge for another time.
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