How to Archive and Purge Identity Portal Requests?

Products

• CA Identity Portal
• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

The Portal creates a Request that is stored in the Portal database with details about the request and the results in Identity Manager.   After several years this data has built up in the database.  

Is there a way to purge old Requests from the Portal database?

Environment

Identity Portal V15

Resolution

Version 15 of the Identity Portal includes a new option to Archive and / or Purge Requests.

Portal Admin > Modules > My Requests > Schedule tab:

There are multiple options, both for Archiving and Purging based on various configurable requirements.   

See My Requests Module - Schedule documentation for more details.

 

The two configurations for Archive and Purge are independent and both need to be configured for Archiving and Purging of Requests.

For example:
If you would like to run a Weekly Archive Sunday morning of all Requests 30 days or older:

 

and Purge any data older than 1 year on a Monthly basis: