Configuring database cleanups for the Third-Party ALPR plugin - It is important to regularly clean your database to remove old data so that the database does not grow beyond its capacity. If the database is full, your integration might stop working. - Third-Party ALPR 5.10.11.0 - Plugin and extension guides

Genetecâ„¢ Third-Party ALPR Plugin Guide 5.10.13.0

Product
Third-Party ALPR
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Version
5.10
Release
5.10.13.0
ft:locale
en-US
Last updated
2026-08-25

It is important to regularly clean your database to remove old data so that the database does not grow beyond its capacity. If the database is full, your integration might stop working.

Before you begin

Ensure you have the following privileges:
  • View role properties
  • Modify role properties
  • Administration > Plugins

What you should know

  • The Directory database stores the plugin configuration and related entity types.
  • The plugin role database stores the events and the entity configuration.
  • The plugin role database contains plugin properties, related entities, events, and alarms associated with automated license plate recognition cameras.

Procedure

To configure database cleanup:

  1. From the Plugins task, navigate to the Third-Party ALPR plugin.
  2. Click the Data Sinks tab.
  3. Navigate to the Database cleanup section of the Data sinks page.
  4. In the Batch size field, quantify the number of items you want the cleanup to handle at one time. A larger batch size is more efficient, but might experience timeouts on systems with less resources.
  5. In the Batch delay ms field, define a time period after which the next batch will be processed.
  6. In the Data retention section, define time periods for the retention of ALPR reads, ALPR read images, and ALPR hits.
  7. Click Apply.
    Database cleanup window showing data retention policy set for 35 days for hits and 25 days for reads. Cleaning is scheduled for Sundays at 8:00pm.

To configure backup and restore settings:

  1. Navigate to the Resources page in the Genetecâ„¢ Third-Party ALPR plugin.
  2. Click Backup/Restore (), choose the location for backup files, enable automatic backups at least once per week, and then click OK.

    For more information, see Backing up databases on a schedule on the TechDoc Hub. For more information, see Backing up databases.

  3. Click Apply.