Managing data growth in Core UI

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Manage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in Core UI.

Overview of managing data growth

Create and manage Data Management rules in Core UI.

Create a data management policy in Core UI

Create a data management policy for any table that accumulates data that you want to archive or delete periodically.
Archiving records in Core UI

Move records in a primary table to an archive table, including any records in other tables that reference those records.
Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI

Prevent data from growing exponentially by implementing table cleanup rules.
Updating records safely in Core UI

Update several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.
Deleting records safely in Core UI

Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.
Create a data management policy in Core UI
Define a set of rules for managing table data on your instance.
Archiving records in Core UI
Manage table size growth and improve query performance by archiving records.
Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI
Delete older, expired, or unwanted records from tables automatically.
Updating records safely in Core UI
Update several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.
Deleting records safely in Core UI
Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.
Migrating non-reference fields to reference fields
Manually preserve sys_ids in reference fields instead of storing the display name as a string.

Parent Topic:Data Management

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title: Managing data growth in Core UI
description: Manage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in Core UI.
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# Managing data growth in Core UI

Manage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in Core UI.

## Overview of managing data growth

Create and manage Data Management rules in Core UI.

-   [Create a data management policy in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/create-data-management-policy.md)

    Create a data management policy for any table that accumulates data that you want to archive or delete periodically.

-   [Archiving records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archiving-older-records.md)

    Move records in a primary table to an archive table, including any records in other tables that reference those records.

-   [Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-older-records.md)

    Prevent data from growing exponentially by implementing table cleanup rules.

-   [Updating records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/updating-records-safely.md)

    Update several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.

-   [Deleting records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-records-safely.md)

    Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.


-   **[Create a data management policy in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/create-data-management-policy.md)**  
Define a set of rules for managing table data on your instance.
-   **[Archiving records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archiving-older-records.md)**  
Manage table size growth and improve query performance by archiving records.
-   **[Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-older-records.md)**  
Delete older, expired, or unwanted records from tables automatically.
-   **[Updating records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/updating-records-safely.md)**  
Update several records simultaneously without using scripts by creating and executing a batch update job.
-   **[Deleting records safely in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-records-safely.md)**  
Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table by creating and executing delete jobs.
-   **[Migrating non-reference fields to reference fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archive-reference-migration.md)**  
Manually preserve sys\_ids in reference fields instead of storing the display name as a string.

**Parent Topic:**[Data Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/c_DataManagement.md)