Write Program
The write program of an archiving object reads the data to be destroyed in the database and writes it to an archive file.
When destroying data, an archive file must always be written, as for data archiving. You schedule and start the write program in the same way as in data archiving. For more information, see Creating Archive Files.
In contrast to data archiving, for the destruction of data, the system generates only a temporary archive file, which is then deleted by the delete program. The system writes the data that the checks show meet the criteria for the destruction of data to this archive file.
Depending on whether the archiving object has a preprocessing program, the write program performs the following functions:
Archiving object with a preprocessing program
The write program creates a temporary archive file for the session ID generated in the preprocessing program; this archive file contains the data records for the destruction of data for the personnel numbers selected in the preprocessing program.
Archiving object without a preprocessing program
The write program selects the personnel numbers and checks whether there are data records that meet the criteria for the destruction of data. The program writes these data records to a temporary archive file.
The system groups the data records for the archive file in data objects.
Note
For data security reasons, no data is deleted in the database in the write phase of the data destruction process. To prevent data from being deleted accidentally, the system uses an independent delete program to destroy the data. This ensures that data is not lost during the write phase.