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During normal use over a long period of time or use in very large installations, your primary FactoryLogix Database may reach a point where it becomes unacceptably large. Certain tables, such as those holding machine data or batch processing information, can grow to hold large numbers of records, while other tables storing items such as visual aids and documents can hold large amounts of data in individual records.

To assist your data management needs, FactoryLogix 8.181.0.0 and higher includes a powerful data archiving solution. When enabled, you can archive old or unwanted batches, assemblies and related processes, receiving processes, and machine performance data to a separate database.

FactoryLogix data archiving has the following components.

General process flow

When a record is no longer needed in the operational FactoryLogix Database, you can schedule it for archiving using the Archiving feature in the NPI client application. You can also configure the system to select records for automatic archiving based on criteria such as the age of the records.

If you need a previously-archived record in the operational FactoryLogix Database again, you can restore the record manually. Records scheduled for archiving or restoring are listed in an archiving queue. Every fifteen minutes, the Archive service checks the queue and moves selected records either to or from the archive database.