The option from the menu tells Cimera to neither retrieve nor display any items that have been promoted into their final state. thus improving clarity and reducing unnecessary server I/O and data traffic.
The final state in the Lifecycle of an Item Type is one that means it is no longer of interest.
e.g. the Support call is closed or resolved
the Project is finished
the Hardware is decommissioned
the Change is implemented
the Complaint is withdrawn
While we want to keep a permanent record of the past in Cimera we do not want the windows cluttered with historical Items.