IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Retention settings

You can use retention settings to achieve your object retention goal.

Table 1. Your object retention goal and applicable class and object retention settings
Your object retention goal Applicable class retention setting (default retention period) Applicable object retention setting
You do not want retention applied to the object. The object can be deleted at any time. None None
You want the object retained until a specific date. The object can be deleted after the retention date is reached. Period - You provide a retention period in seconds, hours, days, weeks, months, or years. Expiration - You provide a retention date and time value.
You do not have a specific retention date available but would like the object retained indefinitely. This option preserves the object so that you can enter a specific retention date at a later date. Indefinite Indefinite
You want the object to be permanently retained. The object is never deleted. Permanent Permanent

Retention for a class is defined in terms of a default retention period. When you set the default retention period to Period, you can specify the retention period as a fixed amount of time in hours, days, weeks, or years.

Retention for an object is defined in terms of a retention setting. When you set the retention setting to Expiration, the object retention setting has an associated date and time value.

When you create an object, you can define a retention setting for the object. If you do not specify a retention setting, the retention for the object defaults to the retention period that is defined for the class.

If you create an object without specifying a retention setting and you set the retention of the associated class to the Indefinite retention setting, the object is also assigned an Indefinite retention setting.



Last updated: March 2016
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