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Purge workflow data

 The Purge workflow data provides the option to delete historic data from the Nintex Workflow database. This option is also available as a NWAdmin operation. Reasons that data may need to be removed:

  • Deleting old data to decrease the size of the Nintex Workflow content database(s).
  • Deleting data added during testing of a workflow.
  • Deleting data from lists that have been deleted. 

Workflow data can be purged globally for the web farm, a specific site collection or individual sites.

To purge workflow data for the web farm:

  • Navigate to SharePoint Central Administration.
  • In the Quick Launch, click on Nintex Workflow Management, click on Purge workflow data.

To purge workflow data for the site collection:

Navigate to the top level site home page.

  • In the Site Actions menu, click on Site Settings.
  • In the Nintex Workflow section, click on Purge workflow data.
  • Click on Switch to site collection settings.

To purge workflow data for a site: 

  • Navigate to the top level site home page.
  • In the Site Actions menu, click on Site Settings.
  • In the Nintex Workflow section, click on Purge workflow data.



To purge workflow data:

  • Navigate to the Purge workflow data settings.
  • In the Select workflow instances to purge, specify filters to select the workflow instances for which data will be purged.
    • Where the list or library has been deleted: removes historic data for any workflows that are associated to a list that has been deleted.
    • Use custom filter: set the filter parameters
      • Initiator is: removes historic data for workflows that were started by a specific user.
      • Instance ID is: removes historic data for a specified workflow instance where the instance ID matches the GUID.
      • Last activity before local is: removes historic data for workflow where the last action was before a specific time, specified in server local time.
      • List ID is: removes historic data for workflows associated with a specific internal GUID of a list. 
      • List name is: removes historic data for workflows associated with a specific list name. Please note that this option is only available when purging workflow data on a site level.
      • State is: removes historic data for workflows with a specific state (Completed, Cancelled, Error).
      • Workflow name is: removes historic data for workflows with a specific name.
  • Click on Query. This will provide a preview of the database entries matching all entered criteria.
  • Click on Purge. This will delete historic data as specified from the content database(s).

Note: Once data has been purged, it cannot be recovered without restoring a backed up version of the Nintex Workflow content database.