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Reporting AdministrationConfiguring trend data retentionTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Log Database administration settings, page 420 Configuring database partition options, page 421 Configuring how URLs are logged, page 425 Configuring Log Database maintenance options, page 424 Configuring Internet browse time options, page 426Optionally, the Log Database can store trend data to enable presentation reporting onInternet activity trends. When trend reporting is enabled, the ETL database job (seeDatabase jobs, page 419) adds daily trend data to the catalog database, and the trendjob runs nightly to store weekly, monthly, and yearly trend information.Use the Trend Data Retention section of the Settings > Reporting > Log Databasepage to specify how long trend data should be retained in the Log Database.1. Mark Store trend data to prompt the ETL job to store trend data, and to activatethe nightly trend job.Trend data is calculated only for data collected while this option is enabled.Data stored in the database before trend data retention is enabled, or data collectedafter the option is disabled, cannot be included in trend reports.When this option is disabled, the Trend database job runs only to process threatrelateddata in the AMT partition.2. Indicate how long to store weekly, monthly, and yearly trend data. Note thatincreasing the length of time trend data is stored increases the size of the LogDatabase (see Log Database sizing guidance, page 429).NoteBecause trend data is stored in the catalog database, ratherthan the partition database, trend data storage periods arenot dependent on how long database partitions areretained.The default storage periods for trend data are:SQL Server SQL Server ExpressDaily 90 days 60 daysWeekly 26 weeks 13 weeksMonthly 18 months 6 monthsYearly 5 years 3 years428 Websense Web Security Solutions