= Configure the archiving of BPM elements
:description: Learn how you can deactivate the archiving of some BPM elements if you don't need to keep track of them.

Learn how you can deactivate the archiving of some BPM elements if you don't need to keep track of them.

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For Enterprise and Performance editions only.
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The Configurable Archive feature is provided by the ``com.bonitasoft.engine.archive.impl.ListArchivingStrategy ``service implementation, which only works with a *Enterprise or Performance license*.
It enables you to specify for each FlowNode type whether or not to archive values when the flow node is changed. This determines what information
(for example archived instances of processes and executed tasks) is available to an administrator in Bonita Portal.

Deactivating archives has a positive effect on overall performance of the system as it reduces the number of entries inserted in the database. It has also the benefit of reducing the disk space used by the database.
However, it prevents users from keeping a history of past activity. The most visible impact of this loss of information is through the Bonita Portal. Completed tasks will not be visible.

In general we recommended that you set all attributes to *true* or all to *false*. However, here are some details on some settings that you can change if users have a specific use case:

* To archive the ProcessInstance comments when the process instance completes, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SComment` to true. Comments entered in a task during execution are archived in executed tasks in archived cases.
* To archive a reference between a document and its process instance, set `bonita.tenant.archive.DocumentMapping` to true.
* To archive a process instance each time its state changes, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SProcessInstance` to true.
* To archive an automatic (service) task each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SAutomaticTaskInstance` to true.
* To archive a manual task (e.g. sub-tasks) each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SManualTaskInstance` to true.
* To archive a user (human) task each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SUserTaskInstance` to true.
* To archive a loop activity each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SLoopActivityInstance` to true.
* To archive a multi-instances activity each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SMultiInstanceActivityInstance` to true.
* To archive a call activity each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SCallActivityInstance` to true.
* To archive a gateway each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SGatewayInstance` to true. This information is not available in Bonita Portal.
* To archive a sub-process activity each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SSubProcessActivityInstance` to true.
* To archive a connector instance each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SConnectorInstance` to true.
* To archive a send task each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SSendTaskInstance` to true. This information is not available in Bonita BPM Portal.
* To archive a receive task each time it changes state, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SReceiveTaskInstance` to true. This information is not available in Bonita Portal.
* To archive a data instance each time it changes value, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SDataInstance` to true.
* To archive a reference between a business data and its process instance, set `bonita.tenant.archive.RefBusinessDataInstance` to true.
* To archive contract data when a task / process instance finishes, set `bonita.tenant.archive.SContractData` to true.  Note that, if not set, this parameter will by be set to true by default.

To configure the archiving strategy, edit the file xref:bonita-bpm-platform-setup.adoc[`bonita-tenant-sp-custom.properties`] and specify the items that you want archived.
By default, the archiving strategy is that everything is archived, so the value for each type of information is set to `true`. Change this setting to `false` for the items that you do not want to archive.
