# GAGEtrak Tip: How to Archive Calibration Records **URL:** \ **Category:** GAGEtrak Pro/Lite\ **Tags:** gagetrak, quick-tip\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49 "2025-12-09T21:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@Trogers](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Trogers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/1 "2025-12-09T21:14:33Z")
Archiving older calibration records helps keep your database performant while preserving historical data for reference. Below are the recommended steps for using the GAGEtrak Archiver. **Steps to Archive Calibrations** 1. Open the **GAGEtrak Archiver** application. 2. In the navigation panel, select **Archive Records** (located at the bottom). 3. At the top of the panel, click **Archive Calibration**. 4. In the **Calibration Date** section, set the **To Date** to the last date you want included in the archive. 5. If you need to archive only a specific date range, you can also set **From Time** and **To Time**. 6. Once your date is selected, click the **Archive Calibration** button at the bottom of the form. 7. Allow the archiving process to complete. Depending on your total number of calibration records, this may take several hours. This process safely moves older calibration data into an archive while keeping your active dataset lean for better performance. ---
**Author:** ![Howardr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Howardr](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Howardr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/2 "2026-01-06T23:30:39Z")
I have looked at the Archiver tool and experimented a bit. I’m planning to dig into this topic soon to clean up our database. I have a quick question about access to the data. It appears that the tool saves to a second db file. Is this file not accessed when performing certain tasks? My goal is to decrease some time the program uses to, for example, acknowledge a calibration complete step. ---
**Author:** ![DrewW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DrewW](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/DrewW)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/3 "2026-01-07T18:49:49Z")
Howard, That’s correct. Archived records are stored in a separate database, and it’s only accessed when you intentionally open archived data through the GAGEtrak Archiver app that installs alongside GAGEtrak. Archiving older calibration records is known to improve overall system performance when a large number of records exist in the active calibration tables. That said, it’s not entirely clear whether archiving alone will have a direct impact on the time required to complete a calibration, as that process may be influenced by additional factors. If you would like, the support network at CyberMetrics could help you take a look into speeding the system up (though you have to have an active MA), or at least pinpointing the cause of the system’s slowness. ---
**Author:** ![Gwelling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@Gwelling](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Gwelling)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/4 "2026-08-05T13:27:49Z")
I must be missing something, when I click on Archive Calibration I receive a message that states “There is no filter selected. All of the records will be moved by the archive. Do you wish to continue?” What am I missing? Gene ---
**Author:** ![DrewW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DrewW](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/DrewW)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/5 "2026-08-05T13:32:57Z")
Gene, I believe I know what is happening. You’re looking at a list of all the calibrations in the system, and when you press “Archive Records”, the system is wanting to archive that list it is displaying. This was our way of allowing users to manipulate what records are being archived, so if you were wanting to archive records from before 2015, you would filter the record list you’re seeing to only display records up to the year 2015, then click on that “Archive Calibrations” button to move that entire list to the archive. ---
**Author:** ![Gwelling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@Gwelling](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Gwelling)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/6 "2026-08-05T13:45:13Z")
How do I filter the records? ---
**Author:** ![Gwelling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@Gwelling](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Gwelling)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/7 "2026-08-05T13:58:42Z")
I think I figured it out. I will let you know how my excellent adventure turns out. ---
**Author:** ![BriWac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BriWac](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/BriWac)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/8 "2026-08-05T16:12:43Z")
I did not think the archive function for GT 8 Pro was operational yet. Please advise as we would love to have this function for gages and calibration files. ---
**Author:** ![Gwelling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@Gwelling](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/u/Gwelling)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.cybermetrics.com/t/gagetrak-tip-how-to-archive-calibration-records/49/9 "2026-08-05T16:32:17Z")
BriWac, you need to go to your programs. Under Gagetrak Pro and click on Archive Manager.