System Management

Metadata Management

• Login to the Infoworks DF with admin credentials.
• Click the Admin menu and click the Metadata Management icon.
• Click the Run Metadata Cleanup Job button to run the metadata cleanup.

Following are the metadata cleanup fields:

• Policy Name: Artifacts groups to be cleaned up. It includes Jobs, Audits and Metrics.
• Cleanup Action: The action to be performed on the policy. The default action is disable. You can choose to archive or delete.
• Cleanup Details: This field displays the archival path of the policy, if set.
• Retention Period: The number of days for which the data will be retained.
• Last Cleanup At: The timestamp at which the cleanup was last performed.
• Option: Click this option to edit the policy cleanup details. For more details, see Edit Metadata Cleanup Policy section.

Edit Metadata Cleanup Policy

Following are the steps to edit the metadata cleanup policy:

• Click the edit icon for the required policy.
• Select the cleanup action (disable, archive or delete), enter the required details.

• Click Save.

Scheduler Configuration

Following are the steps to schedule a cleanup:

• Click the Edit User button to set the user details and click Save Changes. The details set up defines the user who would run the cleanup.

• In the Cleanup Scheduler section, Click Edit for configuring the cleanup schedule.

• Select On using the Scheduler slide button.
• Select the required option for Recurrence Type and Effective Duration fields. The options available under the Recurrence Type field processes accurately as their names suggest. Effective Duration field allows you to configure the date, time, execution options, and customisations of the respective Recurrence Type field value selected.

NOTE: For Infoworks DataFoundry Version 3.1, when the Recurrence Type is Daily, Execution Time Once is enabled for use. The Between option is invalid.

• Enter the details to repeat the cleanup schedule and click Save.

NOTE: If a job scheduled overlaps another running job, the scheduled job will be queued until the running job is completed.

Admin Jobs

The Admin Jobs page displays the details of the jobs run by the admin. This currently includes the metadata cleanup jobs.