{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":38683,"path":"platform-administration/data-management-policies.md","title":"Managing data growth in Core UI","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Managing data growth in Core UI\n\nManage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in Core UI.\n\n## Overview of managing data growth\n\nCreate and manage Data Management rules in Core UI.\n\n-   [Create a data management policy in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/create-data-management-policy.md)\n\n    Create a data management policy for any table that accumulates data that you want to archive or delete periodically.\n\n-   [Archiving records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archiving-older-records.md)\n\n    Move records in a primary table to an archive table, including any records in other tables that reference those records.\n\n-   [Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-older-records.md)\n\n    Prevent data from growing exponentially by implementing table cleanup rules.\n\n-   [Updating records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/updating-records-safely.md)\n\n    Update several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.\n\n-   [Deleting records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-records-safely.md)\n\n    Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.\n\n\n-   **[Create a data management policy in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/create-data-management-policy.md)**  \nDefine a set of rules for managing table data on your instance.\n-   **[Archiving records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archiving-older-records.md)**  \nManage table size growth and improve query performance by archiving records.\n-   **[Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-older-records.md)**  \nDelete older, expired, or unwanted records from tables automatically.\n-   **[Updating records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/updating-records-safely.md)**  \nUpdate several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.\n-   **[Deleting records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-records-safely.md)**  \nSafely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.\n-   **[Migrating non-reference fields to reference fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archive-reference-migration.md)**  \nManually preserve sys\\_ids in reference fields instead of storing the display name as a string.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Data Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/c_DataManagement.md)\n\n"}}