# Archiving Audit Trail Data

To optimize performance, OvalEdge offers options to archive audit trail data:

* **Administration > Advanced Job - Audit Data Archival:** This feature enables audit trail archiving based on the Audit Data Archival Policy, which can be set in System settings.

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* **Administration > System Settings > Audit Data Archival:** Here, Admins (with "ovaledge.role.admin") can define an archiving policy.

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**Archiving Policy:**

* **Retention Period:** Users can specify how long it takes to retain logs (default: 2 years). Logs exceeding this period are automatically deleted.
* **Archive Format:** Users can choose between CSV or SQL formats for archived data.

**Audit Data Archival Configuration Details:**

* **Add Archival Policy:** Choose a table that has to be archived and the retention period in the count of days field.
* **Row Count:** Number of audit trail entries currently stored.
* **Retention Period:** Time remaining before the oldest data is deleted.
* **CSV/SQL:** Shows the chosen archive format.
* **Last Archive Date:** Displays the last date of data object archival.
* **Last Processed Date:** Displays the last date of the data object processed for the archival.