Message Pruning Settings

Item	Name	Description
A	Store indefinitely	When selected, message metadata are never pruned.
B	Prune metadata	When selected, this field determines how long to retain message metadata before it is pruned.
C	Prune when metadata is removed	When selected, message content follows the same pruning options set in the Prune metadata field.
D	Prune content	When selected, the field here determines how long to retain message content before it is pruned.
E	Allow message archiving	When checked and the data pruner and archiver are enabled, messages in this channel are archived first before they are pruned.
F	Prune Errored Messages	When checked and the data pruner is enabled, errored messages in this channel are pruned.

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Message Storage Settings

Message storage settings enable you to determine how much message data your channel will store, whether to encrypt content, and whether to automatically delete content after messages are finished processing. This section of the Summary Tab enables you to determine how much message data your channel will store, whether to encrypt content, and whether to automatically delete content after messages are finished processing. Changing these settings may affect the availability of certain features, like queuing. Image of the Message Storage section of the Summary tab. Item Name Description A Storage Slider Use this slider bar to change how much data to store as messages process through the channel. The options are: Development: All data will be stored. Production: Everything except Processed Raw, Transformed, Response Transformed, and Processed Response content will be stored. Raw: Only Raw / Source Map content and attachments will be stored. Destination queuing is not supported in this mode,

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General Channel Properties

General Channel properties are configured on the Summary Tab within the Edit Channel View and include: Unique ID, name, and description. Links to Code Template Libraries: These let the channel know which custom functions are available in specific JavaScript contexts. Links to Library Resources: These let the channel know which custom Java classes are available in specific connectors and/or JavaScript contexts. Deploy/Start Dependencies: These determine which channels are dependent on this one, and also which channels are dependencies for this one. This way you can have some channels deploy and start before others. Attachment Handler: This allows you to extract pieces of any incoming message and store them separately. As a message processes through a channel, multiple copies of it will be held in memory at once (for the raw / transformed / encoded versions of a message). Attachments are stored only once, so by using them you can greatly reduce your channels' memory footprint. Message St

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Navigation

Select the Settings link in the Mirth® Connect task pane on the top-left: side of the window. This section is separated into the following topics: Server Settings Tab Administrator Settings Tab Tags Settings Tab Configuration Map Settings Tab Database Tasks Settings Tab Resources Settings Tab Data Pruner Settings Tab Settings Tasks Parent topic: Settings View

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The Message Processing Lifecycle

As explained in the About Message Data section, each source and destination connector has various versions of the message data as it flows through the channel. The raw inbound message enters Mirth® Connect, is received by the source connector, is filtered and transformed, then encoded and sent to the destination connector. From the source connector, the raw inbound message can be passed through multiple destination connectors where it can again be influenced by filters and transformers before it is processed, encoded, and sent on. Source Processing Steps Destination Processing Steps Final Processing Steps Destination Chains Parent topic: The Fundamentals of Mirth Connect

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Channel Properties

Item Name Description A Name The name of the channel. Only alphanumeric (a-z / 0-9) characters, spaces, hyphens, and underscores are allowed. B Enabled Indicates whether the channel is ready to be deployed. All enabled channels will automatically be deployed with the Mirth® Connect by NextGen Healthcare server starts up. If there is an error in your channel configuration, this will automatically be unchecked. C Set Data Types Dialog Configure data types across your entire channel, from the source connector to each of your destination connectors. Allows easy bulk editing of data type properties. For additional information, see Set Data Types. D Clear global channel map on deploy If checked, the global channel map for this channel will be cleared out whenever the channel is redeployed. E Set Dependencies Configures Code Template Libraries, Library Resources, and Deploy/Start Dependencies for this channel. For more information, see Set Dependencies Window. F Initial State Determines what

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Data Pruner Settings Tab

The Data Pruner Settings tab enables you to configure the global data pruner/archiver settings. The Data Pruner Settings tab enables you to configure the global data pruner/archiver settings. In addition to seeing the current status of the pruner, you can set a specific schedule for it, and decide whether message data should be archived out to disk before being pruned. Note: Message/attachment data for channels will not be pruned unless the corresponding pruning settings on the channel are enabled. Image of the Data Pruner Settings tab. Status Schedule Prune Settings Archive Settings Tasks Parent topic: Settings View Related concepts Message Pruning Settings

Message Pruning Settings

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Data Pruner Settings Tab

Message Pruning Settings

Message Storage Settings

General Channel Properties

Navigation

The Message Processing Lifecycle

Channel Properties

Data Pruner Settings Tab