The Purge History option lets you delete historical versions of content in a folder. When purging, your options are
specify a date before which historical versions are purged
indicate whether a folder’s subfolders are purged
purge published as well as checked-in versions of content
Prerequisite:
Only Ektron CMS400.NET administrators and users identified on the Manage Members for Role: Folder User Admin screen can purge history.
To purge the history for a content folder, follow these steps.
1. Access the View Folder Properties screen for the content folder you want to purge the history for, as described in Accessing the Folder Properties Screen.
2. Click Purge History (
).
3. The Purge History screen appears.
4. Use the following table to customize the Purge History options.
|
Field |
Description |
Required? |
|
Only purge historical versions before |
Specify a date to limit the number of historical versions to purge. When specified, only historical versions with a date before this date are purged. |
Yes |
|
Recursive Purge |
Purges historical records for content in this folder’s subfolders. |
No |
|
Purge versions marked as Published |
Purges published versions of content as well as checked-in versions. |
No |
5. Click Purge History ().
6. A confirmation message is displayed.
7. Click OK.
8. Ektron CMS400.NET executes the purge and displays a confirmation when complete.
