If your database is too large—you have too many historical data and some tables with millions of records—it is possible in Microsoft Dynamics NAV to use some tools dedicated to data compression (the Date Compression feature).
Microsoft Dynamics NAV does not have a real data archive procedure, but it is possible to use these tools to optimize databases and tables. These tools delete data only after having created historical data that represents them; you can use data filters to achieve this. It can be useful to use data filters if you have been using Microsoft Dynamics NAV for several years with very large databases.
What are these tools?
There are several, and with different functional modes. I'll list a few, but note that these features are not actually available on the Web client; only in the Windows client. It will be necessary to understand if they are to be inserted successively:
These tools are also available in the Windows client of Microsoft Dynamics 365...
