Archiving Single Records (RDB) with RDBAA_REC

You use the archiving object RDBAA_REC to archive single records that are stored in the results database of the Accounting Analyzer (FIN-FSCM-TRM-AA).

Single records are archived using the Archive Development Kit (ADK). See also: The documentation on Data Archiving in SAP NetWeaver Library, in particular the section relating to archiving using the Archive Development Kit (ADK).

Technical Data

Size of archiving file: Max. 500 MB

Programs

Program	Function	Notes
RDBAA_REC_ARC	Write	On the basis of your entries, the write program selects the single records to be archived. Note You can first run the write program in the test mode to simulate archiving without writing any archive files. If you select the setting Complete for the detailed log and set the Display All Errors indicator, the detailed log contains all processed objects including the related messages. Once the test run has proved successful, you can start the write program in production mode. End of the note.
RDBAA_REC_DEL	Delete	The deletion program deletes all archived single records because data deletion cannot be executed by the write program (for security reasons). On the selection screen, you can choose between Test Mode and Production Mode. The archived positions are deleted only in the production mode.

Program

Function

Notes

RDBAA_REC_ARC

Write

On the basis of your entries, the write program selects the single records to be archived.

Note Note

You can first run the write program in the test mode to simulate archiving without writing any archive files. If you select the setting Complete for the detailed log and set the Display All Errors indicator, the detailed log contains all processed objects including the related messages.

Once the test run has proved successful, you can start the write program in production mode.

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RDBAA_REC_DEL

Delete

The deletion program deletes all archived single records because data deletion cannot be executed by the write program (for security reasons).

On the selection screen, you can choose between Test Mode and Production Mode. The archived positions are deleted only in the production mode.

Tables

The archiving object RDBAA_REC is used to archive data from various tables. When you call up the archiving object in transaction SARA and then choose the DB Tables pushbutton, the system returns the relevant tables.

Authorization Object

Authorization Object	Notes
S_ARCHIVE	The write program checks whether you have authorization for the archiving object RDBAA_REC.

Procedure

Create archive files.
1. You are in the Archive Administration: Initial Screen (transaction SARA), and the name of the archiving object RDBAA_REC is entered in the Archiving Object field.
2. Choose Write.
  A screen appears on which you can schedule the write program to be run in the background.
  
  If archiving has already been performed for an archiving object and there are still archive files from that archiving run that have not yet been processed by the relevant deletion program, the system informs you of this in a separate window.
  
  The same applies for interrupted archiving runs.
  Caution
  Archiving data more than once can lead to various problems. Hence some archiving objects require that data is not replicated in the archive, because this can lead to incorrect results (such as using archived data to produce totals). Ensure the following:
  The new write job that needs to be scheduled does not select the same data that is contained in archive files that have not yet been processed by the deletion program.
  No variants with overlapping selection values are used in parallel.
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  Note
  If the variant that you have selected is already being used in other jobs, you can choose the Jobs with Selected Variant pushbutton to display the variant and delete it if necessary.
  
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3. Use the input help to select a variant. If no variant is available, choose Maintain and create the variant that you require.
4. Enter the start date and the spool parameters.
  
  Note
  With the Archive Directory pushbutton, you can determine how much storage space is free in the current object-specific archive directory before you start to archive.
  
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Now you have entered all of the data required for the background job. To run the job, choose Execute.

Note
After all archive files of a run have been written completely, the system event SAP_ARCHIVING_WRITE_FINISHED is triggered by the ADK. In reaction to this event, processes that occur downstream from archiving (such as automated file storage) can be triggered by external tools.

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Furthermore, you can navigate to the following menu options:
- Customizing
- Job Overview: Here you find an overview of all archiving jobs as well as functions for processing them.
- Administration
- Database Tables
- Information System
Note
You can display the logs documenting processing by choosing Logs from the Archive Administration initial screen.

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Delete the archived data from the database.
You can display the archived data as follows:
In the Archive Information System (transaction SARI), you can display the data archived when you have activated archive information structures for the archiving object.
In exceptional cases when archiving runs contain errors, you can use the Reload function to reload the archive. For more information, see Reloading the Archive