Steps to mark a Mapping as Unpurged in the AIV application

  • The main purpose of unpurged functionality provided by the AIV application is to enable the user to save some of his important files from being deleted permanently.
  • Usually, each type of file is assigned to be purged after certain number of days by the Administrator, after which the file gets deleted permanently.
  • Once a file is marked as unpurged, then it will not get deleted when the cycle for purge runs in the AIV application.
  • In order to change the settings of the file to be purged/unpurged you need to contact your Administrator.

  • To Unpurge file and folders follow these steps:

  • Select the file or folders you want to Mark as Unpurge. (Note: multiple file and folders or combination of file and folders can be selected).
  • Right click and select the  button from the context menu or directly from the bottom menu as shown in the image below:

  • Here Employees.pdf is marked as unarchive and hence it will not get deleted when all other pdf files are purged.
  • You can check the purge status of the file by clicking on as mentioned in the above figure.

  • Here Is Purgeable property of Employees.pdf is False which means this file will not be archived when the cycle for Purge runs.
  • In order to run purge jobs, go to the Requests of the Request section.
  • Click on the Purge Job in order to perform the purge which will open the following dialog box.



  • Click on in order to run the Purge Jobs. The detailed description regarding the same will be given in the Requests section of the AIV application.
  • Only the users with administrator rights can run the purge jobs.
  • The administrator user can Login to Archive mode to see the details of all the files that have been archived as follow:



  • After logging in, following screen will be displayed which shows all the mappings which have been purged..



  • You can cancel the purge by right clicking the mapping and selecting cancel unpurge:


  • Now check properties to see that Is Purgeable is true:-

In this manner, you can purge your files in the AIV application.