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

Units: Unit is a general term used to cover all types of vehicle and machinery, including items such as motorcycles, scooters, cars, trucks, vans, caravans, motorhomes, boats, tractors, ATVs, agricultural equipment, wholegoods and construction equipment.

Go to " Reports & Settings Maintenance Options System Administrator Platinum Settings" and search for 'advisories'.

• "Keep completed advisories for" displays the number of years they will be retained on file.
• 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.

See also

• 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 the workshop advisory work report from printing automatically?

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