From ac9aedad90c34d08b446638d2944f16522b40fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PeteBa Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 09:51:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adjusted to reflect updated purge scheduling (#3860) * Adjusted to reflect updated purge scheduling * Minor changes --- source/_components/recorder.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_components/recorder.markdown b/source/_components/recorder.markdown index e4fbca17b5f..6531fdf71a0 100644 --- a/source/_components/recorder.markdown +++ b/source/_components/recorder.markdown @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ recorder: Configuration variables: -- **purge_interval** (*Optional*): (days) Enable scheduled purge of older events and states. The purge task runs every x days, starting from when Home Assistant is started. If you restart your instance more frequently, than the purge will never take place. You can use [service](#service-purge) call `recorder.purge` when needed. +- **purge_interval** (*Optional*): (days) Enable scheduled purge of older events and states. The purge task runs every x days from when the `recorder component` is first enabled. If a scheduled purge is missed (e.g. if Home Assistant was not running) then the schedule will resume soon after Home Assistant restarts. You can use [service](#service-purge) call `recorder.purge` when required without impacting the purge schedule. - **purge_keep_days** (*Required with `purge_interval`*): Specify number of history days to keep in recorder database after purge. - **exclude** (*Optional*): Configure which components should be excluded from recordings. - **entities** (*Optional*): The list of entity ids to be excluded from recordings.