Hi all, How can we configure Identity history that we see in the history tab of an identity. It does not seem to be present in the UI Thanks in advance

@rishavghoshacc You can Maintain identity histories option in refresh identity task, update identity history by creating the identity snapshot. This may cause performance issue, however there are couple of cases like we need to create identity snapshot based on the life cycle events like in case …

In Refresh Idenitty Cube Task, below option can be selected: [image] Once you run the task. in the identity history, Snapshot entry will be present. [image] But this option is not recommended as it can cause performance issues if you have a lot of users in the environment and you are running …

In global setting update “Identity Snapshots” setting. [image] Also Update “Identity Attribute Changes” [image] Enable “Maintain identity histories” check box in Refresh identity job

You can use Identity Refresh task with the Maintain Identity History option selected.

@msingh900 Is there a configuration to set how many such histories we can store for an identity?

@rishavghoshacc There is no limit to the configuration. You can take as many snapshots as you want, but as a good practice, take a snapshot whenever there is some changes you are doing to any identity.

@rishavghoshacc i @ I had a bad experience enabling the “Maintain Identity Histories” checkbox on multiple identity refresh tasks as part of false-positive mover events troubleshooting. This caused the database disk space to reach capacity, leading to out-of-sync DB nodes and a massive buildup of …

Dear @rishavghoshacc Greetings! Most of the questions in this thread have already been answered by @msingh900 and @Sumit_Ukarande Regarding your latest question—“is there a configuration to set how many such history we can store for an identity?”—here are the key settings: There is an option for…

Hi @rishavghoshacc Regarding the Identity history configuration: are the entries now appearing for you in the history tab? I hope you have complete understanding of the following 4 key settings. Refresh Identity Cube Task – Maintain identity histories Snapshot Frequency – Snapshot frequency in d…

Identity History configuration

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sukarande (Sumit Ukarande) January 23, 2026, 7:53am 4

In global setting update “Identity Snapshots” setting.

Also Update “Identity Attribute Changes”

Enable “Maintain identity histories” check box in Refresh identity job

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