Specifies where Jenkins will store build records on the file system. This includes the console output and other metadata generated by a build.

This value may include the following variables:

- `${JENKINS_HOME}` — Absolute path of the Jenkins home directory
- `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}` — Absolute path of the directory where Jenkins stores the configuration and related metadata for a given job
- `${ITEM_FULL_NAME}` — The full name of a given job, which may be slash-separated, e.g. `foo/bar` for the job `bar` in folder `foo`

The value must include `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}` or `${ITEM_FULL_NAME}`, so that each job can store its build records separately.

Changing this value allows you to store build records on a larger, but slower disk, rather than on the same disk where builds are executed.

Any changes to this value will take effect as soon as this configuration page is saved, but note that Jenkins will not automatically migrate any data from the current build record root directory.

The default value is `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/builds`.