SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Performing Data Archiving
Lesson:
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Performing Data Archiving
Lesson Duration: 35 minutes
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, the main features of the Customizing required to perform a
data archiving are presented. A simple data archiving is then performed, in
which the data to be archived is written to a file at operating system level.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• List individual steps of data archiving
• Perform basic functions to customize SAP data archiving
In this lesson, the participants are to make the basic Customizing settings
and then perform an archiving run. The instructor notes in this lesson refer
to the fact that there are already work items for archiving in the system.
There are corresponding work items for an employee leave request in the
SAP system in the system setup for the ADM100 course. These can be
archived in the course. If there are no work items to be archived in your
course setup, you can also use other archiving objects.
Business Example
The management team of your company have decided to implement SAP
data archiving. As a member of the system administration team, you want
to learn about the process of data archiving.
The Archiving Object
A central element of data archiving is the archiving object. It defines
the smallest unit that can be completely archived and deleted from the
database, and describes which database objects must be accessed, and
how, to completely archive a business object.
An archiving object essentially consists of three components:
• Data declaration component
• Customizing settings
• Programs
All relevant database objects that characterize an application object are
described in the data declaration component.
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