SA Data Archive System ION WL Records Report ranges and options

The date in this option minus the value from the Number of Days to Keep ION WL Records field is the last date that the data is retained. Any data that is older and meets the deletion criteria is archived or purged.

The default value of **/**/** represents the current date. If you set up parameters for a stored report, leave the default value so the report reflects the current date when it is generated.

Specify -1 to -7 to go back up to 7 days. For example, if you specify **/-7/**, then the current date less 7 days is used for the date.

Specify A to save the selected transactions to disk or tape and then delete those transactions from the database.

Specify P to delete the selected transactions without first saving them to disk or tape. Use this method with extreme caution. If information is not archived, you cannot restore the information.

Select Yes to print the primary key data for each record that is archived or purged. This could produce a lengthy report.

Select No to print only a summary of the file name and number of transactions archived or deleted.

This option applies to Distribution SX.e on-premises systems only. Specify a shell script file name for archiving on your local system. It is executed as a UNIX shell script to copy the archive file to another directory or to save it to off-line media. Set up this script with the correct UNIX read and execute security for the operator that performs the archive function. The tape command script is the name of a script that resides in the /rd/opsys folder in the RD_HOME directory of your system files.

During the archive process, .sh is appended to the name that you specify in this field. For example, if you specify archive21 as the shell script file name, the /RD_HOME/rd/opsys/archive21.sh script is initiated. The script should contain a single UNIX command directing the output to an appropriate tape device on your system, for example, | cpio -ocuvB > /dev/rmt0.

If you do not specify a shell script file name, the archive file is archive.xxx, where xxx equals the last three characters of the archive function acronym. For example, archive.ddo for orders. This file name is added to the directory name. The directory name is the directory in the Print field in SA Company Setup-Required for UNIX systems.

Specify F to use the Tape Command value to archive data to the system file.

Specify D to archive directly to a tape device.

Specify the number of days to subtract from the archive date to use as an endpoint for selecting records. For example, if the Archive Date is 07/01/20 and the number of days to keep is 120, records from 03/02/20 through 06/30/20 are kept. Records before 03/02/20 are archived.

If this field is zero or blank, no records are archived or purged.