Archive Inactive Anomalies

Add an Archive action to a Flow to automatically move anomalies into an archived state after they have been inactive for a set amount of time. This keeps the active queue clean while preserving the historical record. For the evaluation mechanics behind the action, see Anomaly.

Why archive instead of delete?

Archiving lets you clean up the active queue without losing historical context. Need to remove anomalies completely? Use Delete instead.

Permission Required

You need the Manager role to edit and publish Flows. See Flow Permissions for details.

Field reference

The settings panel is split into two sections, Configuration and Filter Conditions.

Configuration

Field	Type	Description
Inactivity Period	Number	How long an anomaly must remain untouched (no updates or comments) before it's archived. Defaults to Quarter. Pick a preset or type a custom number of days, from 1 to 3,650: - Week: 7 days. - Month: 30 days. - Quarter: 90 days. - Year: 365 days.
Options	Radio	The archive reason recorded on the anomaly, Discarded by default: - Resolved: a legitimate data quality concern that has been addressed. - Invalid: not a legitimate data quality concern. - Discarded: no longer being reviewed or considered relevant. `Duplicate` is not offered here because it requires manually linking a primary anomaly.
Assign additional tags	List	Tags applied automatically to every anomaly archived through this Flow, useful for labeling cleanup runs (e.g., `auto-archive-q4`).
Comment	Text	A free-text note added to every archived anomaly. Use `@mentions` to notify specific users. Plain text only, Markdown formatting is not supported.

Filter Conditions

All filters are optional, and all filled-in filters must match (AND logic). They add on top of the Inactivity Period and Options, not in place of them.

Field	Type	Description
Source Datastores	List	Archive only anomalies from the selected datastores. Leave empty to consider all datastores.
Anomaly Statuses	List	Restrict archiving to specific open statuses. Only open statuses appear; already-archived anomalies are excluded from the candidates by default.
Anomaly Tags	List	Archive only anomalies labeled with the selected tags.

Steps

Step 1: Navigate to the Flows page by clicking Flows on the left side panel.

Step 2: On the Definitions tab, click the Flow. On its canvas, click the dashed Action placeholder after the trigger, or the + handle at the bottom edge of a node.

Step 3: In the List of Actions panel, pick the Anomaly category, then click Archive. The Archive Settings panel opens on the right-hand side.

Step 4: Fill in the fields.

Step 5: Click Save. The node shows a CHANGED badge and the You have unpublished changes banner appears on the canvas.

Step 6: Click Publish to make the action live.