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Manually removing playback data

You can manually remove playback data that is no longer needed. Removed playback data is permanently deleted from the database and cannot be restored or viewed in the dashboard or status tool.

You can also schedule automatic data removal at a set time or on a regular basis. See Scheduling playback data removal.

Note: If the server database is hosted in SQL Server, the database configuration may cause important playback data to be unintentionally removed. Review Incorrect Playback Sessions May Be Removed from QA Wizard Pro SQL Server Databases before removing data.

1. Start the QA Wizard Pro Server Admin Utility.

2. Click Data Removal.

The Data Removal dialog box opens.

Note: You may be prompted to enter the data removal password first.

3. Select any options to specify the Playback Sessions to Remove.

Option Removes:
Date Sessions run during the selected date range.
  • More than includes sessions run more than the specified number of hours, days, weeks, months, or years ago relative to the current date/time.
  • From includes sessions run on or after the selected date and through includes sessions run on or before the selected date.
  • In the last includes sessions run during the specified number of hours, days, weeks, months, or years before the current date/time.
Run state Sessions in the selected state, which is the status of a session during or after playback. You can include active sessions that are running, successful sessions, failed sessions, inactive sessions that did not send information to the server in over 30 minutes, or sessions canceled by the user who started them.
Test computers Sessions run on the selected computers. Click Select All to select all test computers or click Select None to clear all selected computers.
Session name Sessions by name. You can include sessions with names that equal, start with, end with, contain, do not equal, or do not contain specific text. Select Ignore case to ignore the case of the entered text.

4. Click Remove.

You are prompted to confirm the removal.

5. Click Yes.

The data is removed.