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title: "Step 4. Choose Data to Archive"
description: "At the Data step of the wizard, do the following: Select a Salesforce object whose records you want to archive. Note that one archival policy can archive records of one root object only."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup_salesforce/userguide/add_archival_policy_data.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Salesforce Archiving > Creating Archival Policies > Step 4. Choose Data to Archive"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Step 4. Choose Data to Archive

At the **Data** step of the wizard, do the following:

1. Select a Salesforce object whose records you want to archive. Note that one archival policy can archive records of one root object only. If you want to archive records of multiple root objects, create an archival policy for each object.

   For a Salesforce object to be displayed in the list of available root objects, it must have a backup. If the list does not contain the necessary object, the object either does not have a backup or cannot be archived. The object may not have a backup for the following reasons:

   - The object was excluded from the backup policy that protects the Salesforce organization to which this object belongs.
   - The Salesforce user whose permissions are used for backup operations does not have access to the object.
   - Backup of the object is not supported in the current product version. For more information, see [Appendix A. Unsupported Objects](appendix_a.md).

2. Select records that you want to archive. To do that, use filters in the **Records filter** section to apply specific search conditions.

   Veeam Backup for Salesforce provides a number of built-in conditional operators (such as *contains*, *equals*, *starts with*, *is* *null* and so on) that can be used to send requests to databases. Note that the time required to process a request depends on the operator you use — for example, processing a request with the *equals* operator will take less time than processing a request with the *contains* operator.

   ::: tip

   When adding conditions, consider the following:

   - If you want to search for records with null field values, use the *is null* operator. Using the *equals* operator in this case is not supported.
   - If you want to search for a list of records, you can use the *in* operator and specify the IDs of the necessary records using a comma-separated list.
   - If you want to search for a record but you do not have any information on this record except for the fact that it is linked to a specific object, you can use the lookup relationship field to filter all records linked to this object. To do that, specify the ID of the necessary object in the **Value** field. 

   Note that the **Value** field is case sensitive for the following operators: *starts with*, *ends with*, *equals*, *in*, *not equal to*, *not in*.

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   By default, filters are combined by the AND logical operator. That is, Veeam Backup for Salesforce archives only those records that meet all the specified conditions. You can change this behavior by combining filters using different operators. To do that, set the **Use filter logic** toggle to *On*, and specify the filter logic expression using condition ordinal numbers, brackets and logical operators — for example, *1 AND (2 OR 3) AND NOT 4*.

   After you specify the filtering conditions, you can estimate the exact number of records that will be archived. To do that, click **Count** in the **Count sample size** section.

::: important

- If an object record that you want to archive contains encrypted fields, you will not be able to specify filters for these fields.
- Veeam Backup for Salesforce does not automatically archive the *ContentDocument* type of objects with the root object — you must create a separate policy and choose to archive the *ContentDocument* object type. However, if you select the *QuoteDocument* type of objects, Veeam Backup for Salesforce will also archive the related *ContentDocument* objects.

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[![Adding Archival Policy](images/add_archival_data.png "Adding Archival Policy")](images/add_archival_data.png){.toggle scale=60}