SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2880011 - Deleted Documents are not being purged after the retention period

Symptom

  • Deleted documents are not being purged as defined on Retention Period for Purging Deleted Attachments.
  • The feature Retention Period for Purging Deleted Attachments is missing on an instance

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to your instance
  2. Navigate to Company System and Logo Settings
  3. Unable to find the feature Retention Period for Purging Deleted Attachments

Cause

There was a limiation with the feature and it was disabled due to that inconsistency of attachment 'marked for deletion' status, i.e. Some 'marked for deletion' attachments are mis-marked and not intended for permanent delete.

Resolution

Our engineering team permanetely removed this feature in 2020 and has been confirmed it will not be re-introduced

If you aren't satisfied with the current behaviour, I would encourage you to open an enhancement request with our PM team. Details on how to do this can be found in KBA ##2090228 - How to submit enhancement requests for SAP SuccessFactors products

See Also

2088094 - Document Attachment storage limit notification-FAQ - Platform

Keywords

Documents attachments, retention period, document purge, missing, company settings , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-DOC , Document Management , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions