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title: Parameters
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-1-0/parameters
description: Learn how to configure backup parameters for your system with this comprehensive document. Discover how to exclude tables or schemas, set export data paths, enable live and backup data sweeping, determine data retention timeframes, and enable debug mode. 
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createdAt: 2022-08-02T08:28:25.000Z
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Backup Parameters can be configured through the script Parameter file, which contains the information below:

| **Parameters**           | **Definition**                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **dbTablesToBeExcluded** | Table names excluded while exporting configuration tables.                                                                                    |
| **dbSchemaToBeExcluded** | Schema names excluded while exporting configuration tables.                                                                                   |
| **dbExportPath**         | The path used to store exported data during backup.                                                                                           |
| **enableDBSweeping**     | Switch to enable live data sweeping.                                                                                                          |
| **enableBackupSweeping** | Switch to enable backed up data sweeping.                                                                                                     |
| **TTLOfLiveData**        | Timeframe for which the system will keep the live data in the database.                                                                       |
| **TTLOfBackedupData**    | Timeframe for which the system will keep the backed-up data in storage.                                                                       |
| **debugMode**            | The script generates a detailed screen log when the parameter is set to 1, otherwise it only generates information about the main operations. |

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All parameters are case sensitive; however, you can change the values related to your environment.
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