The method you use to return data from offline storage depends on how you moved the data offline. If you performed an audit data table archive, you can load the table data into an accessible online OpenEdge database. Since you will likely want to remove the audit data again once you have generated reports, be sure to make the location somewhere that is safely and easily removed from online status.

You must have audit data archiver permissions to audit archive and audit load the audit data.

If you store a backup copy of an OpenEdge database, you can restore the database to an online state and add it to the list of audit data locations that the audit report generator accesses.