Process data retention policy requests

Delete the retention policy of the specified process

The following DELETE request to the /odata/ReleaseRetention({key}) endpoint allows you to reset the existing retention policy of the specified process to the default built-in policy.

note

By calling the DELETE endpoint for processes that have the default migration policy in place (that is, 120 days + deletion), it replaces it with the built-in retention policy of 30 days +deletion.

API endpoint

DELETE {AutomationCloudURL}/{organizationName}/{tenantName}/orchestrator_/odata/ReleaseRetention({key})

Request headers

--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'\
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId: {the_ID_of_the_folder_that_contains_the_process}' \

Path parameters

Param	Data type	Description
key (required)	Int64	The ID of the process for which you want to reset the retention policy to default.

Responses

204 Success

Resets the indicated process policy to the default one of 30-day retention + deletion.

Example request

Let's say you gathered all the information needed to build the API call.

• The {key} is: 6789. This is the ID of the process for which you want to reset the specific retention policy to default.
• The X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId request header value is 202020. This is the ID of the folder that contains the process for which you want to reset the custom retention policy to default. Learn how to identify the folder ID.

  curl --location --request DELETE '{AutomationCloudURL}/{organizationName}/{tenantName}/orchestrator_/odata/ReleaseRetention(6789)' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer 1234' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId: 202020'

A successful call (response code 204) resets the custom policy to the default one.

In the Orchestrator UI, the change is also visible in the Audit details of the corresponding process Update feature action.