Data Archiving in Materials Management (MM)

Data archiving removes mass data that is no longer needed by the system (but that must still be available for reporting) from the database. The SAP data archiving concept is based primarily on the archiving objects of the Archive Development Kit (ADK).

More Information

  • For information about data archiving, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/nwInformation published on SAP site. Choose Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Platform Next navigation step Application Help Next navigation step Function-Oriented View Next navigation step Solution Life Cycle Management Next navigation step Data Archiving End of the navigation path.
  • For information about which archiving objects are ILM-enabled in Materials Management (MM), see the documentation for the respective archiving objects.
  • For information about managing and destroying archived data, see SAP Information Lifecycle Management.

The following table shows which archiving objects are available for materials management:

Objects in Materials Management

Archiving Object

Purchase requisitions

MM_EBAN

Purchasing documents

MM_EKKO

Purchasing info records

MM_EINA

Service master records

MM_ASMD

Material documents

MM_MATBEL

Physical inventory documents

MM_INVBEL

History records in the stock value tables

MM_HDEL

Retail revaluation documents

W_VKAB

Invoice documents

MM_REBEL

Batches and special stocks

MM_SPSTOCK

Excise duty

Objects

Archiving Object

Excise Duty: Archiving of Document Table

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