SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Fundamentals of SAP Data Archiving
hand, must, among other things, clarify which data can be archived, when
this archiving should be performed (for example, not before a year end)
and whether (possibly also how) the archived data is to be accessed.
Schematic Process of a Data Archiving
The actual data archiving is a process in three steps:
1. Creating the archive file(s): In the first step, the write program creates
one (or more) archive file(s). The data to be archived is then read from
the database and written to the archive file(s).
2. Storing the archive file(s): After the write program has completed the
creation of the archive files, these can be stored.
Up to SAP Basis 4.6B (inclusive), it is only possible to use the delete
program to delete data from the database that it was first possible to
read from the archive file in the File system. As of SAP Basis 4.6C, it
is also possible to read the data to be deleted from the archive file of
the storage system; that is, to store the data before the deletion.
3. Deletingthedata-thedeleteprogramfirstreadsthedatainthe
archive file and then deletes the corresponding records from the
database.
It is possible to run a preprocessing program before the actual archiving.
Preprocessing programs can, for example, set deletion indicators (such as
in PPPM/CO), or can also provide information about whether data can
be archived (SD).
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