Data archiving can be used to remove mass data from your productive database so that the data can be used for analysis at a later date. Before beginning to archive data, it is generally a good idea to check if you want to avoid creating data, aggregate data or simply delete data. Archiving is used for data that cannot be avoided and that cannot simply be deleted.

Archiving data at the right time enables you to keep your database to a manageable size, making it faster to save data and thereby improving performance.

Ensure that you start your archiving project at the correct time, if possible immediately after your system goes productive. Archiving projects are often started after a system has gone productive and a high percentage of the database capacity is already filled with data.

Data in SAP Global Trade is archived in the same way as in other environments. It is based on SAP archiving objects and generic SAP tools.

Archiving objects from the following components are normally relevant:

• Objects from Logstics - General: LO, MM, SD and LE

• Cross-application objects: BC and CA

• Specific Objects for SAP Global Trade and Agency Business: LO (names begin with "W")

• Financials (if used): FI and CO

Before you start an archiving project, ensure that you have read the following documents (in SAPNet http://service.sap.com/data-archiving, at Media Center ® Literature).

• Data Prevention Checklist

• Managing SAP Data Archiving Projects