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5-26 Section 5: Monitor and Update Controllers 01914-005 Rev. 5.9
1.3.2 Archiving Old Events
The event files should be archived on a periodic basis. Archiving an event file, closes the original file
and assigns it a descriptive name, allowing a new event file to be created. Periodic archiving prevents
the event file from becoming too large for efficient data processing. Report generation can take a long
time when the event files are too large. There are three event file archive types to select from.
• yearly (default setting)
• monthly
• weekly
1.3.2.1 Select Event File Type
1. To select the event file archive type, click on the Setup ⇒ Monitor and Events pull-down menu.
2. Click on the Monitoring Options tab. The Monitoring Options window appears (see Figure 5-13).
Figure 5-13: Monitoring Options Window
3. To select the event file type, click on the radio button next to your choice in the Event File Type
field (see Figure 5-13). For this example verify the radio button next to the yearly option is
selected.
NOTE: The default is set to archive yearly. Your selection of event file type will depend on the volume
of events taking place. The more events you have, the more frequently you should archive. It is very
important to pick a file type and stay with it. It is recommended you begin with yearly and only
change to monthly or weekly if necessary. Once you have created an event file of a specific type, there
is no way to change it.
4. Click on the button. If the event file type change is not saved before clicking any other
button or exiting the Setup Monitor window, the data entered is lost and must be re-entered.
5. An event file is automatically created. Click on the Event File Maintenance tab to see the created
file (see Figure 5-14 on page 27 of this section).