Duration Element (ADF)

Specifies how long the data removal process will continue to run after it has been started.

Syntax

<ApplicationExecutionSettings>
    ...
    <Vacuum>
        ...
        <VacuumSchedule>
            <Schedule>
                ...
                <Duration>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	duration.
Default value	Six hours or until the start of the next vacuuming interval, whichever comes first.
Occurrence	Optional once per /ApplicationExecutionSettings/Vacuum/VacuumSchedule/Schedule element.
Updates	Can be added, deleted, and modified when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	Schedule Element for VacuumSchedule (ADF)
Child elements	None.

Remarks

The Duration element specifies the length of the vacuuming period. The Duration value cannot exceed 24 hours.

Vacuuming schedules cannot overlap. If schedules overlap, Notification Services stops the earlier vacuuming process before the later one starts.

The format of the XML duration data type is PnYnMnDTnHnMnS. For more information about XML data types, see Primitive XML Data Types in the Microsoft MSDN® Library.

Example

The following example shows a populated Duration element. It specifies that the data removal process will run for one hour once it has started.

<Duration>P0DT01H00M00S</Duration>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Configuring Data Removal
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

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