Truncate Insights Data

[thanh81]

Hi -

Is there a way to put a cap on how much data Insights can use? Or is there a way to limit the number of days it can go back? The data keeps moving up and killing the app.

[deleteLater]

Events data have no retention limit and you should delete them manually.

Also related to https://github.com/orgs/featbit/discussions/656

[thanh81]

i saw that post. i commented on that post. Is there an actual way to delete them outside of going directly to the database?

[deleteLater]

No, your can't do that through the UI. Currently, you can only delete them manually from the database.

[cosmic-flood]

Hi, @thanh81 Thanks for your continuous contributions to FeatBit. Are you interested in contributing to the deletion of stale insights data?

[thanh81]

Hi - sorry for the super late response. I don't work with mongodb enough to do it well.

[thanh81]

What ways are there to delete them?

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[cosmic-flood]

Hi, delete directly from database can delete them. I think I will make a short documentation for this in the near future @thanh81

[cosmic-flood]

Hi @thanh81

I’m working on FeatBit experimental features, specifically a solution to truncate Insights data.

I’ll let you know once it’s completed or partially completed

P.S. FeatBit Experimental Features is a space where we officially provide solutions, tutorials, and MVP software/products for features our users need to solve real daily challenges. We may not integrate these features into the main project immediately due to internal priorities and decisions that help keep the project focused and high-quality.

[cosmic-flood]

@thanh81 can this help you?

https://github.com/featbit/featbit-experimentals/tree/main/truncate-feature-flag-insights-data

[cosmic-flood]

@thanh81 this is not a good solution if you have already many data. I will update it.

[philipp-plogmann-e3dc]

Hi @cosmic-flood,
any plan to integrate truncation into the base product?

[cosmic-flood]

@philipp-plogmann-e3dc We’ll reconsider this request next week, as we also need this feature internally soon.

[cosmic-flood]

Hi @thanh81 @philipp-plogmann-e3dc

We’ve created a GitHub repo to address this issue. Integrating truncation into the base product is still under planning for an upcoming milestone, and we’ll keep you updated as things progress.

https://github.com/featbit/featbit-cleanup-events