Purge type settings

Full name

The name of the purge type.

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ID number

This is a unique ID number used to identify the purge type.

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Description

This can be used to describe the purpose and limitations of the purge type. This is especially useful if there are multiple purge types and/or the Full name is not very descriptive.

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Permitted use

Decide whether to set a manual or automatic purge.

For automatic purging, the relevant purge type can be assigned before or after the user’s status changes. When the user's status matches that specified by the purge type, the data purge occurs during the next scheduled purge task.

Data to be purged
     

User data

Choose which pieces of user data to include in the purge, such as first name, username and email address.

Some details, such as first and last names, are not available for Suspended user purge types.

Activity

Decide which user-generated content to include, such as posts, comments or ratings.

Totara Learn only.

Article

Tick to enable the purging of resources and/or resource views.

Totara Engage only.

Atto HTML editor

You can choose to include Atto editor autosave data in the purge.

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Badge

Decide whether to purge connected backpacks and/or issued badges.

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Blocks

Choose which user-generated content from block types to include, such as Recent activity or Admin bookmarks.

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Certification

Choose whether to purge certification assignments and completion.

Totara Learn only.

Skills

You can select the skill data to include:

• Skill assignments: Includes individual and group-based assignments.

• Achievement records: Achievement data is removed but may be recreated if still valid.

• Manual ratings on self

• Manual ratings on others: Ratings are anonymised but retained.

Totara Perform only.