User master records and authorizations are stored in the USR* tables. You can reduce the amount of space that these take up in the database by using the archiving function. Change documents are stored in the USH* tables. The archiving function deletes change documents that are no longer required from the USR* tables.

You can archive the following change documents relating to user master records and authorizations from the USH* tables:

• Changes to authorizations (archiving object US_AUTH)
• Changes to authorization profiles (archiving object US_PROF)
• Changes to the authorizations assigned to a user (archiving object US_USER)
• Changes to a user’s password or to defaults stored in the user master record (archiving object US_PASS)

The functions for maintaining users and authorizations provide access to the archiving system. In the user maintenance initial screen, choose Environment ® Archive and read. In profile and authorization maintenance, choose Utilities ® Archive and read. You then have two options, either Archive auth. docs or Read auth. docs. These options refer to whether you want to archive or read change documents pertaining to users, profiles or authorizations.

For more details about the archiving system, see the System Services part of the Basis information on the documentation CD-ROM.