In release 4.5A the Consolidation component features an revamped, object oriented archiving function, which always archives the totals records (tables FILCT and GLT3, archiving object FI_LC_SUM) separately from the journal entry records - also referred to as line items (table FILCA, archiving object FI_LC_ITEM).
Archiving of consolidation data distinguishes between two types of archiving: 'Line Item Archiving' (with additional document selection options) and 'Totals Archiving' (with the selection of fixed fields and financial statement items - accounts).
By default, you can archive the line items by FS item or by documents, and the totals records by FS item. As an exception, there is the possibility of unsorted archiving after having consulted the responsible SAP development department in Walldorf.
Only the consolidation data with record type 0 is processed (that is, archived, deleted, etc.).
Both archiving objects feature functions for reading, writing, deletion,reloading.
Furthermore, both objects belong to the Archive Information System (see transaction SARI).
It is possible to delete archives that were created 'without database changes', eliminating the need for an additional 'productive' archive run after having run a successful 'non-productive' archive. Instead, you can delete the data from the database by separately running the deletion program (see the Archiving menu).
Integrated in the archiving peripherals under 'Evaluation' are read report programs, which enable you to read the data from the archive and/or the database. The output is in simple report form.
Reload programs can reverse all archiving procedures.
Report Writer/Report Painter functionality in archiving enables user-defined reading of the archive.
All of these functions can be configured in Archiving Customizing and are run in the application menu.