Note: These steps assume that an archive database business end point has already been created.
To configure a process execution engine to archive processes:
In the left pane of Process Administrator, select Engines.
On the Engines page, click the engine Name.
On the Engines | Edit Engine enginename page, on the Services tab, configure the Disposer settings:
Disposer Latency - Enter the frequency (in number of days) at which processes should be archived. If one day is entered, processes will be moved to the archive database once per day starting one day after the time set in the Disposer Start Time field.
Instance Expiration - Time (in number of days) after which completed or aborted processes will be available for archiving. If one day is entered, processes will be available to be picked up for archiving one day after they have been completed or aborted.
Note: If the Disposer Latency is set to one day and the Instance Expiration is set to one day, it will be two days before the archive database is populated.
Disposer Starting Time - Time from which the initial Disposer Latency is calculated.
Select the Enable Archiving checkbox.
Choose an available business end point from the Archive Database Selection drop-down list. If there is not an available business end point, click Create a new archive database business end point and follow the steps in the related help topic.
On the Engines | Edit Engine enginename page, on the Others tab, under Events, select a Store Events option:
Depends on Process - If this option is selected, the only processes that will be archived are those that were set up to be archived when the project was designed in Process Designer.
Never - This option will override a Process Designer project's settings and not archive any processes, even those that were set up to be archived when the project was designed in Process Designer.
Always - This option will override a Process Designer project's settings and archive all processes, even those that were not set up to be archived when the project was designed in Process Designer.
Click Save.
In the left pane of Process Administrator, select Engines.
On the Engines page, Stop the process execution engine so that the changes can be implemented and the archive database can be created.
Click the engine Name.
On the Engines | Edit Engine enginename page, on the Basic Configuration tab, click Manage Database.
On the Engines | Edit Engine enginename | Manage Database page, under Archiving Database Creation, select Create Database and Create Data Structure.
Enter a User Name and User Password with administrative write privileges for the host engine.
Click OK.
At the top of the Engines | Edit Engine enginename page, the Message(s) section should contain the following confirmation messages:
The database has been created.
The data structure has been created.
To verify the creation of the database and data structure, check the database host machine to see if the new database has been created.
On the Engines page, Start the process execution engine.
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