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the <a href="/docs/latest/tutorials/">single-machine quickstart</a> and have it running on your local machine.</p><p>It will also be helpful to have finished <a href="/docs/latest/tutorials/tutorial-batch">Load a file</a> and <a href="/docs/latest/tutorials/tutorial-query">Query data</a> tutorials.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="load-the-example-data">Load the example data<a href="#load-the-example-data" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Load the example data" title="Direct link to Load the example data"></a></h2><p>For this tutorial, we&#x27;ll be using the Wikipedia edits sample data, with an ingestion task spec that will create a separate segment for each hour in the input data.</p><p>The ingestion spec can be found at <code>quickstart/tutorial/retention-index.json</code>. Let&#x27;s submit that spec, which will create a datasource called <code>retention-tutorial</code>:</p><div class="language-bash codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-bash codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">bin/post-index-task --file quickstart/tutorial/retention-index.json --url http://localhost:8081</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><p>After the ingestion completes, go to <a href="http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#datasources" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#datasources</a> in a browser to access the web console&#x27;s datasource view.</p><p>This view shows the available datasources and a summary of the retention rules for each datasource:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="Summary" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-01-09f120b6b0b2bc901f08801e508e778c.png" title="Summary" width="1136" height="218" class="img_ev3q"></p><p>Currently there are no rules set for the <code>retention-tutorial</code> datasource. Note that there are default rules for the cluster: load forever with 2 replicas in <code>_default_tier</code>.</p><p>This means that all data will be loaded regardless of timestamp, and each segment will be replicated to two Historical processes in the default tier.</p><p>In this tutorial, we will ignore the tiering and redundancy concepts for now.</p><p>Let&#x27;s view the segments for the <code>retention-tutorial</code> datasource by clicking the &quot;24 Segments&quot; link next to &quot;Fully Available&quot;.</p><p>The segments view (<a href="http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#segments" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#segments</a>) provides information about what segments a datasource contains. The page shows that there are 24 segments, each one containing data for a specific hour of 2015-09-12:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="Original segments" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-02-c388e3c07c39dc0f5ff33b78b68db565.png" title="Original segments" width="1971" height="944" class="img_ev3q"></p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="set-retention-rules">Set retention rules<a href="#set-retention-rules" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Set retention rules" title="Direct link to Set retention rules"></a></h2><p>Suppose we want to drop data for the first 12 hours of 2015-09-12 and keep data for the later 12 hours of 2015-09-12.</p><p>Go to the <a href="http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#datasources" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">datasources view</a> and click the blue pencil icon next to <code>Cluster default: loadForever</code> for the <code>retention-tutorial</code> datasource.</p><p>A rule configuration window will appear:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="Rule configuration" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-03-4082b62d45d1ffdf102f31209ab141f2.png" title="Rule configuration" width="792" height="307" class="img_ev3q"></p><p>Now click the <code>+ New rule</code> button twice.</p><p>In the upper rule box, select <code>Load</code> and <code>by interval</code>, and then enter <code>2015-09-12T12:00:00.000Z/2015-09-13T00:00:00.000Z</code> in field next to <code>by interval</code>. Replicas can remain at 2 in the <code>_default_tier</code>.</p><p>In the lower rule box, select <code>Drop</code> and <code>forever</code>.</p><p>The rules should look like this:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="Set rules" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-04-b0841ac2bfbb857680b28192306b1931.png" title="Set rules" width="787" height="560" class="img_ev3q"></p><p>Now click <code>Next</code>. The rule configuration process will ask for a user name and comment, for change logging purposes. You can enter <code>tutorial</code> for both.</p><p>Now click <code>Save</code>. You can see the new rules in the datasources view:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="New rules" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-05-54500f6be8508fb4ddf4468830bd94cd.png" title="New rules" width="1968" height="218" class="img_ev3q"></p><p>Give the cluster a few minutes to apply the rule change, and go to the <a href="http://localhost:8888/unified-console.html#segments" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">segments view</a> in the web console.
The segments for the first 12 hours of 2015-09-12 are now gone:</p><p><img loading="lazy" alt="New segments" src="/assets/images/tutorial-retention-06-8c3d36ef058fbe029fe3ef423d2341de.png" title="New segments" width="1973" height="567" class="img_ev3q"></p><p>The resulting retention rule chain is the following:</p><ol><li><p>loadByInterval 2015-09-12T12/2015-09-13 (12 hours)</p></li><li><p>dropForever</p></li><li><p>loadForever (default rule)</p></li></ol><p>The rule chain is evaluated from top to bottom, with the default rule chain always added at the bottom.</p><p>The tutorial rule chain we just created loads data if it is within the specified 12 hour interval.</p><p>If data is not within the 12 hour interval, the rule chain evaluates <code>dropForever</code> next, which will drop any data.</p><p>The <code>dropForever</code> terminates the rule chain, effectively overriding the default <code>loadForever</code> rule, which will never be reached in this rule chain.</p><p>Note that in this tutorial we defined a load rule on a specific interval.</p><p>If instead you want to retain data based on how old it is (e.g., retain data that ranges from 3 months in the past to the present time), you would define a Period load rule instead.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="further-reading">Further reading<a href="#further-reading" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Further reading" title="Direct link to Further reading"></a></h2><ul><li><a href="/docs/latest/operations/rule-configuration">Load rules</a></li></ul></div></article><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/docs/latest/tutorials/tutorial-sketches-theta"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Theta sketches</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/docs/latest/tutorials/tutorial-update-data"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Update existing data</div></a></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_bqdL thin-scrollbar theme-doc-toc-desktop"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href="#load-the-example-data" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Load the example data</a></li><li><a href="#set-retention-rules" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Set retention rules</a></li><li><a href="#further-reading" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Further reading</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div><footer class="footer"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="margin-bottom--sm"><img src="/img/favicon.png" class="themedImage_ToTc themedImage--light_HNdA footer__logo"><img src="/img/favicon.png" class="themedImage_ToTc themedImage--dark_i4oU footer__logo"></div><div class="footer__copyright">Copyright © 2023 Apache Software Foundation. Except where otherwise noted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Apache Druid, Druid, and the Druid logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation in the United States and other countries.</div></div></div></footer></div>
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