The CLI purge interactions command

Current version: 10.2

The xConnect DevEx CLI plugin includes a purge command with an interactions subcommand. This command initiates a purge process based on the provided StartedDaysCutoff and conditions.

Usage

You can use the command as follows:

RequestResponse
sitecore xconnect purge interactions [subcommand] [options]

Subcommands

You can use the following subcommand:

Subcommand

Description

start

Register a purge interactions task.

Options

You can use the following options with the command:

Important

Combined options act as an AND condition. This means all the options sent to the CLI filters the data to purge.

Option

Required?

Description

-c, --config

Yes

The path to the sitecore.json configuration file (default: cwd). A DevEx CLI standard option.

-n, --environment-name

Yes

The Sitecore environment to use. Default: default. A DevEx CLI standard option.

-d, --started-days-cutoff

Yes

The started-days-cutoff option specifies the number of days since the interaction started. This option filters interactions based on its StartDateTime value. The StartDateTime value reflects the interaction's starting DateTime. For example, -d  190.

Note

This option is the only requirement with no default value.

There is a list of restrictions for the started-days-cutoff option:

--sp, --start-percentile

No

The range-bound start percentile for the data extraction. For example, --sp 0.

There is a list of restrictions for the start-percentile option:

  • You must specify both the start and end percentile or none of them.

  • The range-bound for both is between 0 and 1.

  • The start-percentile must be lower than the end-percentile.

--ep, --end-percentile

No

The range-bound end percentile for data extraction. For example, --ep 1.

There is a list of restrictions for the end-percentile option:

  • You must specify both the start and end percentile or none of them.

  • The range-bound for both is between 0 and 1.

  • The end-percentile must be higher than the start-percentile.

--cds, --conditions

No

A comma-separated list of additional filter conditions for an interaction purge. Conditions can be customized and registered for further data filtering. For example, --cds AnonymousCondition.

The task registration fails if a non-existing condition is specified. A list of unfound conditions is in the CLI output.

Note

See Walkthrough: Customizing interaction purge conditions for more details about limits and how to create custom conditions.

-b, --batch-size

Yes

The batch size for interaction data extraction that the purge task uses. Default: 100. For example, -b 200.

--de, --delete-if-has-events

No

List of existing event names or GUIDs to purge, delimited with a comma or space symbol. For example, --de "Search" "Download".

Note

You can only provide existing events names or GUIDs. Otherwise, the task is not registered. You cannot provide the same event for skipping and deleting in one command.

--se, --skip-if-has-events

No

List of existing event names or GUIDs to skip, delimited with a comma or space symbol. For example, --se "Search" "Download".

Note

You can only provide existing events names or GUIDs. Otherwise, the task is not registered. You cannot provide the same event for skipping and deleting in one command.

--dc, --delete-if-has-channels

No

List of existing channel names or GUIDs to purge, delimited with a comma or space symbol. For example, --dc "Direct","Wiki".

Note

You can only provide existing channel names or GUIDs. Otherwise, the task is not registered. You cannot provide the same channel for skipping and deleting in one command.

--sc, --skip-if-has-channels

No

List of existing channel names or GUIDs to skip, delimited with a comma or space symbol. For example, --sc "f4abe068-196f-4e49-b340-3b0c41da1b77".

Note

You can only provide existing channel names or GUIDs. Otherwise, the task is not registered. You cannot provide the same channel for skipping and deleting in one command.

-v, --verbose

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-t, --trace

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

--confirm

No

Confirm all prompts automatically.

-?, -h, --help

No

Help for the command.

Examples

The following are examples of the purge interactions command use:

RequestResponse
sitecore xconnect purge interactions start -d 180

sitecore xconnect purge interactions start -d 180 --sp 0 --ep 1 -b 200
--cds ChannelInteractionCondition --de Search –-se "0C179613-2073-41AB-992E-027D03D523BF"
-–dc "Email inclusion" --sc "F4ABE068-196F-4E49-B340-3B0C41DA1B77"
--trace --verbose

Confirming or canceling task registration

The interactions start command sends a confirmation to the end-user that this command causes data deletion.

The user can confirm task registration by entering Y or y:

A successful task registration returns a task ID that you can keep for further actions, such as getting the task status or canceling the task.

The user can also cancel the task registration with N or n. Any other character entries lead to the cancelation of the task registration with a corresponding notification that the confirmation response was invalid.

You can use the --confirm option for silent confirmation of the task registration. In this case, you do not receive any prompts.

The result of the successful task registration is the task ID and sample commands for canceling and getting the status of the purge task.

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