Disabling Workpoint Workflow History Tracking in Identity Manager

Products

• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Governance
• CA Identity Portal
• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

Workflow processes in Identity Manager create internal job history by default using the Workpoint engine. For complex or high-frequency environments, this can cause the WP_*_HIST tables to grow rapidly, impacting database performance and transition efficiency between nodes. This article explains how to disable history tracking to optimize database throughput.

Environment

Identity Manager 14.5

Cause

Identity Manager utilizes the Workpoint engine, which tracks the history of each component of a process definition. In environments with heavy workflow traffic, this tracking feature leads to rapid accumulation of data in history tables, unnecessarily consuming database resources as this data is not required for Identity Manager operations.

Resolution

1. Launch Workpoint Designer.
2. From the left panel, select Open Process to load the specific process definition.
3. Once the process is displayed in the designer panel, go to the menu and select Process > Properties.
4. In the Properties window, click the Options tab.
   
   
   
5. Clear the following checkboxes to disable history tracking:
   • Job
   • Node
   • Work Item
   • Transition
   • Job Alert
   • Work Item Alert
6. Save your changes to apply the updated configuration to the process.

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