Transaction Archiving
In this article
Archive transactions in batches
Export transactions to storage account
Import transactions from storage account
Restore External Archived Trans When Refunding
Archive transactions in batches
You can define in the Retail Setup the day transactions exist in the primary transaction table be for begin archived, see Days Before Trans.
You can enhance job to archive transactions by distributing resources equally between all stores.
- There are limits for each store per job run, at least 10 and max 100 transactions.
Restore archived transaction when refunding
When a receipt is scanned for a refund or exchange, the POS calls a web service to retrieve the original transaction from Head Office. If the transaction has been archived, it is first restored in Head Office, after which the web service returns the original transaction.
Export transactions to storage account
Prerequisite
Before using the external storage functionality, the scheduler Setup and Azure Storage Setup must be completed.
Scheduler Setup
Web Replication Azure Storage Setup
Addition for this functionality is Archived Transaction Container ID.
Export transactions
New job to export transactions to storage account is based on date limit setup.
See Retail Setup / Days Before Archive Transaction External.
The job exports transactions that exceed this number of days since they were archived.
- Transactions are moved from internal archive to external archive.
External archived transactions can be found in a new page.
Import transactions from storage account
The functionality to move archive transaction from external archive to internal archive, is accessible from the page Archived Transaction External.
Restore External Archived Trans When Refunding
When a receipt is scanned for a refund or exchange, the POS calls a web service to retrieve the original transaction from Head Office. If the transaction has been externally archived, it is first imported and restored in Head Office, after which the web service returns the original transaction.