How do I change the time for which a completed advisory is retained?

Summary

This article explains how to change the length of time for which a completed advisory is held on file.

More Information

Go to " Systems Workshop Maintenance Options Parameters Advisory Work Parameters".

• At the bottom of the options you will see "Keep Completed advisories for".
• This defaults to '3' years but can be changed to the number of years you require up to 99 years.

Setting this field to '0' will mean advisories with a remedy code will be purged immediately and cannot be recovered.

• Click the [Close] button.

There will not be an accept prompt as this setting is saved automatically.

For this setting to become active, users will need to exit from Workshop and re-enter.

See also

• Creating Workshop Jobs
• How do I Add Advisories to a Workshop Job?
• How do I Create Problem Codes for Workshop Advisories?
• How do I Create Remedy Codes for Workshop Advisories?
• How do I Stop Workshop Advisory Work Report from Printing Automatically?
• How do I Stop Vehicle Health Check Sheets from Printing Automatically?
• How do I Change Where Vehicle Health Checks and Advisory Reports Print?
• How do I Change the Automated Remedy code for Completed Advisories?

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