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Cleanup Submitted Tasks

You configure cleanup tasks to remove tasks in the completed state and the audit state from the database. You can also configure limits for the cleanup task itself.

Note: You can only run scheduled jobs for cleaning up the submitted tasks when you log in as the System Manager. The System Manager account is defined using the Configure Administrative Authentication option. This account that is used during the initial registration of the Administrative UI and can be from an external administrator store. The cleanup submitted task functionality is not available to any other administrators, including administrator accounts with super user permissions.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Administration, Admin UI, Clean Up Submitted Tasks.
2. Select one of the follow option buttons:
   • Execute now

     Select this option and click Next to skip the scheduling step and go directly to the Clean Up Submitted Tasks pane.

   • Schedule new job
   • Modify existing job
3. Specify the name of the cleanup task in the Job Name field, the type of schedule, and the scheduling details on the scheduling sections. Click Next.
4. Complete the following fields:

   Minimum Age

   Specifies the minimum age in Months, Weeks, Days, Hours, or Minutes of the completed tasks that must be removed.

   Note: Task age is measured from the time that tasks are completed.

   Audit Timeout

   (Optional) Specifies the maximum number of days to keep tasks in the audit state in the task-persistence database.

   Limits: one or greater

   Default: one

   Time Limit

   (Optional) Specifies a time limit in minutes for the cleanup task.

   Task Limit

   (Optional) Specifies a task limit for the cleanup task.

5. Click Finish.

   The Cleanup task is submitted for processing.

Delete Recurring Tasks

You can delete scheduled cleanup tasks that are no longer needed.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Administration, Admin UI, Delete Recurring Tasks.
2. Select one or more of scheduled cleanup tasks that must be deleted.
3. Click Submit.

   The delete task is submitted for processing.