Archiving Purchase Requisitions (MM-PUR)

Definition

Object MM_EBAN for archiving purchase requisitions in the MM - Purchasing component.

Structure

Archiving object MM_EBAN 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_EBAN_WRITE, which allows the archiving of customers’ own additional tables.

Programs

The following programs are available for MM_EBAN:

Program

Function

RM06BV70

Preprocessing

RM06BW70

Write

RM06BD70

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 available for the delete program.

During both the write and delete runs, progress messages are regularly issued in the job log (background processing) and in the status line (dialog processing). For more information, see Logs.

ILM-Related Information for the Archiving Object

You can use this archiving object with the ILM object MM_EBAN 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.

The following fields for MM_EBAN are defined in the ILM policy and in processing for ILM policies (transaction IRMPOL):

  • Available time references

    • End of year (END_OF_YEAR)

  • Available condition fields

    • Document type for purchase requisition (BSART)

    • Creation indicator (purchase requisition/schedule lines) (ESTKZ)

    • Plant (WERKS)

  • Available policy categories

    RTP: Retention rules

For more information, see SAP Information Lifecycle Management.