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Link Status report shows fewer number than scheduled job

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When I run the scheduled job "Link Validation" I always get a higher number of broken links than the reports shows. For example I get like 330 checked links, 16 broken, but the report only shows 2. I've runned the scheduled job both manually and scheduled, and tried in 4 different environments, and in all environments I get fewer number in the report than the scheduled job. Anyone experienced this before?

/J

#116261
Jan 27, 2015 13:40
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I think it could be due to the fact that Link Validation saves a date on which a link was last checked. It does not check it again until the next configured value is passed. which is by defualt 7 days. It also contains the broken links from old page versions. Perhaps thats the reason you get more numbers in the job then the report. 

#116299
Jan 28, 2015 10:21
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Thanks for reply, didn't know that it counts from the old page versions but that must be the reason, which I find unneccessary though.

/J

#116300
Jan 28, 2015 10:48
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