SAP Basis

Unit 6: Archiving ADM100
The SAP Archive Information System (Archive Information System, SAP
AS) is a tool for searching in SAP data archives that is fully integrated
into the archiving environment. It offers you support when searching for
archived data and provides functions for displaying this data.
The SAP Archive Information System is a generic tool; that is, the available
functions can be used for all existing archiving objects.
The search for data is always based on archive information structures.
These are transparent database tables that are supplied with data from the
archive. To search for archived data for an archiving object, there must be
at least one archive information structure for this archiving object. An
information structure of this type always includes the structure itself, the
corresponding transparent database table, and an evaluation program.
Before an archive information structure can be created, that is, filled with
data from the archive, it must first be activated. The system generates a
transparent database table and the evaluation program in the background.
At the start of the delete run for an archiving object, all of the active
information structures for this archiving object are filled.
In addition to this automatic option, it is also possible to explicitly create
information structures using a special structure creation program.
Figure 62: Automatic Filling of an Information Structure by the Delete
Program
When displaying archived data, the user can usually choose between a
number of views in which the data objects can be displayed. Examples of
these views are the technical view and the business view.
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