### Managing the Data Retention Cycle

To set retention cycle for resource-usage statistics, action log, and events statistics:

1. Select Configuration Director - Miscellaneous Settings - Data Retention.
2. Click the Settings tab.
   1. Set the resource usage statistics retention cycle. You can vary the retention cycle within the pre-defined ranges.
   2. Set how long the Action Log records must be stored. Select the units (hours, days, etc.) from the relevant drop-down menus and enter the value.
   3. Set the events log retention (similarly to Action Log). The Event Log is shown under the Configuration Director - Event Manager).
   4. Since a lot of e-mail notifications can be sent from Parallels Business Automation - Standard daily, you can set the period to store the sent e-mails in Parallels Business Automation - Standard database (again, similarly to the Action Log records storage period).
   5. Set the period to store the Service Monitor data.

To remove the outdated statistics manually:

1. Go to the Data Retention as this described above.
2. Click the Tasks tab.
3. In order to remove outdated statistics (in accordance with preset retention cycle), check the box(es) next to the type of statistics you want to remove and click the Begin Process button.

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