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Create a new content removal content maintenance task to mark history objects and report output versions, which are in folders and packages, for deletion. About this task You can specify how long to keep the history and output versions in the content store. Anything that is older than the date you specify is deleted from the content store. Note: Run this task only after creating and running the content archival task. If you run it before, content that was not marked for archival is permanently deleted from the content store. Procedure Launch IBM® Cognos® Administration. On the Configuration tab, click Content Administration. On the toolbar, click the new content maintenance icon, and then click Content Removal. Type a name for the content removal task and, optionally, a description and screen tip. Click Select another location if you want to edit the location. Navigate to select the folder or click New Folder to add a new location. Click

Create a retention rule update maintenance task to globally modify the number of report output versions, document content versions, and report history that are currently kept in the content store.  About this task Administrators use the retention rule update task to specify the number of reports, queries, analyse, and document objects to keep in the content store. You can specify how long to keep the history and output versions in the content store. Anything that is older than the date you specify is deleted from the content store. This update task marks output versions to be deleted from the content store if the output versions do not follow the defined retention rule. A background task in content manager deletes the marked objects from the content store. To reduce the content in the content store, consider keeping a maximum of two versions in the content store and archiving older versions in your external repository. Note: Run this task only after creating and running t