Archiving Physical Inventory Documents (MM-IM)
Definition
Object MM_INVBEL
for archiving physical inventory documents in the MM - Inventory Management
component.
Structure
Archiving object MM_INVBEL
archives and deletes data from several tables. You can find out which tables these are by using transaction DB15
(see also Tables and Archiving Objects).
Business Add-In
You can extend the write program and the delete program using the Business Add-In (BAdI) ARC_MM_INVBEL_WRITE
, which allows the archiving of customers’ own additional tables.
Programs
The following programs are delivered for MM_INVBEL
:
Program | Function |
|---|---|
| Write |
| Delete |
The write program supports the ADK (Archive Development Kit) interruption concept, which allows you to interrupt the write phase and continue it at a later point in time. If you want to use this function, the Interruption Possible
indicator must be set in Customizing (transaction AOBJ
). This parameter is not preset. For more information, see Interrupting and Continuing Archiving Sessions.
The standard variants SAP&PROD
(production mode) and SAP&TEST
(test mode) are supplied for the delete program.
During the execution of the two programs, progress messages are regularly issued in the job log and in dialog mode (status line).
ILM-Related Information for the Archiving Object
You can use this archiving object with the ILM object MM_INVBEL
within SAP Information Lifecycle Management. A prerequisite for this is that you have activated the corresponding Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
business function (transaction SFW5
). The system then additionally shows the ILM Actions
frame. With these actions, you can carry out an archiving in which the retention periods defined in the Information Retention Manager
are evaluated, for example. Furthermore, you can make snapshots (copies) of data or destroy data that satisfies the prerequisites.
For more information about the Relevance business functions for SAP ILM, see Activating SAP ILM.
For more information about ILM Enhancements in data archiving, see ILM-Specific Enhancements in Archive Administration.
The following fields for MM_INVBEL
are defined in the ILM policy and in processing for ILM policies (transaction IRMPOL
):
Available time references
End of fiscal year (
END_OF_FISCAL_YEAR
)End of year (
END_OF_YEAR
)
Available condition fields
Storage location (
LGORT
)Special stock indicator (
SOBKZ
)Transaction/event type (
VGART
)Plant (
WERKS
)
Available policy categories
RTP: Retention rules
For more information, see SAP Information Lifecycle Management.