Why would you archive completed shipments in AscendTMS?

• A. To free up disk space
• B. To keep dashboards clean while preserving historical data for reporting and compliance
• C. To delete all records
• D. To rerun reports

Answer: (B)

Archiving completed shipments keeps dashboards clean while preserving historical data for reporting and compliance. When shipments are finished, they can clutter active views and slow queries, making it harder to focus on current operations. Archiving moves those records to storage you can access later, so your day-to-day dashboards stay fast and readable. At the same time, you retain the full history—dates, statuses, costs, carriers, and milestones—for historical reports, audits, and regulatory needs. You can pull this archived data when needed without it affecting current workflows. While archiving can free up space in practice, the main goal is improved performance and long-term retention for reporting and compliance, not simply deleting data or rerunning reports.