Hi all I’ve got an old database with a lot of data. She used the autogen with infinite retention. I’ve created a new retention on it, with 6 months retention, used by default. Now, I saw all my old data are not visible. According the documentation, it seems normal and I can get my old data modify…

Question about retentions

katy February 5, 2019, 4:42pm 6

No, the default retention policy will keep your data indefinitely.

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