The start time of the time period that you want to retrieve data for. Specify either:
YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN
, and in the UTC time zone.A time duration, to make the start time relative to the time when the synchronize task starts.
The value of this parameter is a time duration. Specify the duration in the following format:
1years 2months 3weeks 4days 5hours 6minutes 7.8seconds
You can omit any of the individual durations when they are not required:
6minutes 7seconds
You can also shorten the string by abbreviating the units to their first letter (months abbreviates to m, minutes to n):
6n 7s
If you want to specify the value in seconds, no units are required:
60
The following are all equivalent:
1minute 3seconds
1n 3s
63s
63
If you run a synchronize task and the connector has already retrieved data from part of the time period, it automatically adjusts the start date so that it does not retrieve data it has already retrieved.
On subsequent synchronize cycles, the connector does not send ingest-remove commands for entries that fall outside the time period. This means that data older than a relative start time is not removed from your IDOL Server index. If you want to remove older data from IDOL, Micro Focus recommends that you configure IDOL Server to expire documents.
Alternate Name: | RelativeStartDate
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Type: | String or Time Duration |
Default: | |
Required: | Yes, required for historical mode |
Allowed Range: | The value of this parameter must specify a time before EndDate. Relative values must be negative. |
Configuration Section: | TaskName or FetchTasks or Default |
Example: |
The following example configures the connector with a fixed start date:
The following example configures the connector to retrieve data related to a time period that started 10 days before the start of the synchronize task:
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See Also: | EndDate |
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