SAP Basis

Unit 6: Archiving ADM100
Lesson:
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Accessing Archived Data
Lesson Duration: 25 minutes
Lesson Overview
A significant prerequisite for archiving application data is that this data
belongs to completed business processes or periods and is therefore no
longer required for current business processes. However, it may be
necessary to access this data again even after it has been archived, for
example in the case of a complaint, for evaluations, or for an internal or
external audit. In this lesson, you will obtain an overview of the options
for accessing archived data.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• List different options for accessing archived data
• Evaluate options of the SAP Archive Information System
In this short lesson, the users should obtain an overview of how they can
use transactions SARA and SARI, on the one hand, and specific application
transactions on the other, to access archived data.
Caution: It is a prerequisite for the demonstrations described in
the instructor notes that an archiving run for the object WORKITEM
has already been successfully completed. This prerequisite is
fulfilled in the ADM100 course, since the lesson “Performing Data
Archiving” has been addressed before this lesson. You should
therefore ensure that you have access to an appropriate archive file
at this point as part of your preparation.
Business Example
The user departments of your company want to access archived data. You
want to obtain an overview of the ways in which this is possible.
Access Options
The Archive Development Kit stores data in such a way that a read access
to it is possible at any time. The prerequisite for this is the existence of
appropriate read programs, which are made available by the relevant
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