Maintenance Agent

The Maintenance Agent processes the automatic cleanup of DataConnect jobs. Use the Agent Manager in the Administrator Console to define the name of the processor that is running the Maintenance Agent.

Set the DC_HISTORY_RETENTION_DAYS property to control how long completed or obsolete job entries are retained.

Starting in Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities 9.2, configure DC_HISTORY_RETENTION_DAYS in the Administrator Console rather than in TRIRIGAWEB.properties. For more information, see Platform properties or TRIRIGAWEB.properties for 9.1 or earlier.

When a DataConnect entry in the DataConnect Job Control table is in the Obsolete or Completed state for the number of days in the DC_HISTORY_RETENTION_DAYS property, the Maintenance Agent is triggered. Then, the Maintenance Agent takes the following steps:
  • Finds the job control number of the entry and deletes entries in the staging tables for that job control number.
  • Deletes the DataConnect Job Control table (DC_JOB) entry.

The Maintenance Agent does not delete the Job Control business object entries (the business object in triDataConnectJob). Follow your company's business rules for managing triDataConnectJob entries that are no longer needed. You can delete them from the system directly or with a menu that you create.

For more information about the Agent Manager, see Agent administration.