diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/CherryPyThreads/HeartbeatMonitor.py b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/CherryPyThreads/HeartbeatMonitor.py
index 8f549ae229..d02b081b2c 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/CherryPyThreads/HeartbeatMonitor.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/CherryPyThreads/HeartbeatMonitor.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import time
 from WMCore.REST.HeartbeatMonitorBase import HeartbeatMonitorBase
-from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.RequestStatus import ACTIVE_STATUS
+from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.RequestStatus import NON_ARCHIVED_STATUS
 from WMCore.Services.WMStatsServer.WMStatsServer import WMStatsServer
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def initMetrics():
                "requestsByStatusAndPrio": {},
                "requestsByStatusAndNumEvts": {}}
 
-    for st in ACTIVE_STATUS:
+    for st in NON_ARCHIVED_STATUS:
         results["requestsByStatus"].setdefault(st, 0)
         results["requestsByStatusAndNumEvts"].setdefault(st, 0)
         results["requestsByStatusAndCampaign"].setdefault(st, {})
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/Request.py b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/Request.py
index 692cf124a9..6c49181bc5 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/Request.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/Request.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import time
 from copy import deepcopy
 from WMCore.REST.Auth import get_user_info
-from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.RequestStatus import REQUEST_START_STATE, ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER
+from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.RequestStatus import REQUEST_START_STATE
 
 
 def initialize_request_args(request, config):
@@ -159,20 +159,6 @@ def generateRequestName(request):
     request["RequestName"] += "_%s_%s" % (currentTime, seconds)
 
 
-def protectedLFNs(requestInfo):
-    reqData = RequestInfo(requestInfo)
-    result = []
-    if reqData.andFilterCheck(ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER):
-        outs = requestInfo.get('OutputDatasets', [])
-        base = requestInfo.get('UnmergedLFNBase', '/store/unmerged')
-        for out in outs:
-            dsn, ps, tier = out.split('/')[1:]
-            acq, rest = ps.split('-', 1)
-            dirPath = '/'.join([base, acq, dsn, tier, rest])
-            result.append(dirPath)
-    return result
-
-
 class RequestInfo(object):
     """
     Wrapper class for Request data
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/RequestStatus.py b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/RequestStatus.py
index 281dee4e7b..0294f1db3d 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/RequestStatus.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/ReqMgr/DataStructs/RequestStatus.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Definition of valid status values for a request and valid status transitions.
 
 """
-
+from copy import copy
 from future.utils import viewitems
 
 # make this list to ensure insertion order here
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
                         "rejected",
                         "aborted"]
 
-ACTIVE_STATUS = ["new",
-                 "assignment-approved",
-                 "assigned",
+ACTIVE_STATUS = ["assigned",
                  "staging",
                  "staged",
                  "acquired",
@@ -85,6 +83,8 @@
                  "aborted-completed",
                  "rejected"]
 
+NON_ARCHIVED_STATUS = ["new", "assignment-approved"] + copy(ACTIVE_STATUS)
+
 ### WMSTATS_JOB_INFO + WMSTATS_NO_JOB_INFO is meant to be equal to ACTIVE_STATUS
 WMSTATS_JOB_INFO = ["running-open",
                     "running-closed",
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@
                     "completed",
                     "closed-out"]
 
-WMSTATS_NO_JOB_INFO = ["new",
-                       "assignment-approved",
-                       "assigned",
+WMSTATS_NO_JOB_INFO = ["assigned",
                        "staging",
                        "staged",
                        "acquired",
@@ -164,8 +162,8 @@
 # is name of the status
 REQUEST_STATE_LIST = list(REQUEST_STATE_TRANSITION)
 
-ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER = {"RequestStatus": ['assignment-approved', 'assigned', 'staging', 'staged',
-                                          'failed', 'acquired', 'running-open', 'running-closed',
+ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER = {"RequestStatus": ['assigned', 'staging', 'staged', 'failed', 'acquired',
+                                          'running-open', 'running-closed',
                                           'force-complete', 'completed', 'closed-out']}
 
 
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/DataStructs/DataCache.py b/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/DataStructs/DataCache.py
index a8c238d249..a6e6deec94 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/DataStructs/DataCache.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/DataStructs/DataCache.py
@@ -2,7 +2,29 @@
 from future.utils import viewitems
 
 import time
-from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.Request import RequestInfo, protectedLFNs
+from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.Request import RequestInfo
+from WMCore.ReqMgr.DataStructs.RequestStatus import ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER
+
+
+def protectedLFNs(requestInfo):
+    """
+    Parses a workflow description and provides a list of the
+    final (excluding transient data) output LFNs.
+    :param requestInfo: a dictionary with the workflow description
+    :return: a list of strings for the protected lfns
+    """
+    reqData = RequestInfo(requestInfo)
+    result = []
+    if reqData.andFilterCheck(ACTIVE_STATUS_FILTER):
+        outs = requestInfo.get('OutputDatasets', [])
+        base = requestInfo.get('UnmergedLFNBase', '/store/unmerged')
+        for out in outs:
+            dsn, ps, tier = out.split('/')[1:]
+            acq, rest = ps.split('-', 1)
+            dirPath = '/'.join([base, acq, dsn, tier, rest])
+            result.append(dirPath)
+    return result
+
 
 class DataCache(object):
     # TODO: need to change to  store in  db instead of storing in the memory
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/Service/ActiveRequestJobInfo.py b/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/Service/ActiveRequestJobInfo.py
index 829f387c06..59cb5e889b 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/Service/ActiveRequestJobInfo.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/WMStats/Service/ActiveRequestJobInfo.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def validate(self, apiobj, method, api, param, safe):
     @restcall(formats=[('text/plain', PrettyJSONFormat()), ('application/json', JSONFormat())])
     @tools.expires(secs=-1)
     def get(self):
-        # This assumes DataCahe is periodically updated.
+        # This assumes DataCache is periodically updated.
         # If data is not updated, need to check, dataCacheUpdate log
         if DataCache.isEmpty():
             raise DataCacheEmpty()