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Selective Trigger-Based Purging

Each trigger in the user policy has its own Minimum Retention setting. This permits you to set a custom retention period for all events captured by a specific trigger. For example, you may want to retain events captured by an Application Monitor trigger for one month only, but retain events captured by an e-mail trigger for three years.

To set minimum retention periods for triggers

1. Expand the User Administration branch .
2. Choose the user or group whose policy you want to edit.
3. Click or right-click and choose Edit Policy.
4. In the User Policy Editor, browse to the trigger you want and display the trigger settings.
5. For any capture trigger, edit the Minimum Retention (Days) setting as required.

   For any control trigger, separate Minimum Retention (Days) settings are available for prohibited activity (that is, blockings and heeded warnings) and authorized activity (all other control events). Edit these settings as required.

   For all triggers, you can permanently exclude events from purges by selecting the Unlimited check box in the Policy Setting Properties dialog.

6. Save the policy. The new retention period becomes effective as soon as the new settings replicate to the target CA DataMinder machines.

Notes:

• Trigger-based minimum retention periods override the default retention period for the local machine (defined in the machine policy).
• Users with appropriate administrative privileges can override the expiry date of the retention period when reviewing events in the iConsole.