HL PURGE TRANSMISSIONS (1695)    OPTION (19)

This option purges entries from the HL7 message files:
keep disk space from filling up and the need to keep messages around long
enough so that they can be investigated in case problems arise.
Please see the descriptions of these fields for more information:
  41 - PURGE COMPLETED MESSAGES
  42 - PURGE AWAITING ACK MESSAGES
  43 - PURGE ALL MESSAGES
 
Note that the number of days in field 43 must be greater than or equal
to the number of days in field 42, which must be greater than or equal
to the number of days in field 41.  If any of the fields violates this
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rule, then the default values of these fields will be used, instead.
 
To purge entries in an error status, run this option directly and answer
'Yes' to the question about purging them.  It is recommended that entries
in an error status be reviewed before purging.  For this reason, such
messages are NOT purged by automatically recurring scheduled runs of this
option.
 
It is recommended that this option be scheduled to run once a day to keep
the files from getting too large.  On TaskMan's 'Edit Option Schedule',
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the TASK PARAMETERS field is ignored.  Instead, the parameters are taken
from the fields in file 869.3, noted above.
 
These files contain a record of all outgoing HL7 transmissions and their
status.  Messages are purged if they are in a certain status and are a
certain number of days old.  The default parameters (number of days) are
taken from fields in file 869.3, HL COMMUNICATION SERVER PARAMETERS.  The
fields should be set such that a balance is struck between the need to