Configure the Data Retention Time Period

When selecting the retention period, data older than the current date plus the retention period will be purged at the next maintenance operation.

For example, today is April 1st and at 10 a.m. you set the retention period for 3 months. At the next maintenance operation (which will be tonight, April 1st, at midnight), all data older than 3 months (January 1st) will be purged. At the next scheduled maintenance operation (which will be the next night, April 2nd, at midnight ), all data older than January 2nd will be purged, and so on.

If you plan to set a retention period, consider to first back up your data. Report Manager does not back up this data prior to it being purged.

After data is purged it cannot be restored.

  1. In Report Manager, click the gear icon in the upper right of the Reports Console window.
    In N-able N-central, navigate to Administration > Report Manager > Administration Console.
  2. Click System Setup and Logs.
  3. Click Data Retention Configuration.
  4. Choose an ODS retention period.

    The Keep All Data default will keep the data in the ODS indefinitely.

    The Delete unused ODS data option may have been set during installation. This option reduces the size and duration of exports from N-able N-central, reducing traffic on your network. When you select this option, unused tables from the ODS are deleted. In addition, if you are exporting from N-able N-central 9.3 or later, this option flags these same unused tables in N-able N-central and prevents them from being exported.

    If you use data from the ODS for custom reporting, selecting the Delete unused ODS data option will impact the availability of historical data for generating new custom reports. After unused data is deleted, it cannot be restored. Historical data from the tables not exported will not be accessible in the future. This does not affect custom reports that reference data from the data warehouse, only custom reports referencing data from the ODS.

  5. Choose a Data Warehouse retention period.

    The Keep All Data default will keep the data in the Data Warehouse indefinitely.