Vendors: Data Retention Levels 
Vendors: Data Retention Levels
Use
All article master records and purchasing info records, whose data is retained at a particular
data retention level in the vendor master, can be affected by changes you make to the purchasing data at this data retention level.Features
A data retention level in the vendor master is characterized by:
The initial values for purchasing organization, sub-range, and site are obtained from the article master record and/or purchasing info record. There are four possible data retention levels for a combination of vendor/purchasing organization:
Each article master and each purchasing info record is retained at one of the above data retention levels. Starting from the specific level, the system searches for a data retention level containing appropriate data. The system searches from one level to the next in the above sequence (the next-level principle) until it has either found a data retention level or it reaches the purchasing organization level.
As the system must contain a data retention level that is characterized by the purchasing organization alone, the next-level principle means that a concrete data retention level is always determined.
Example
The vendor master contains the following data retention levels:
Purchasing organization |
Vendor sub-range |
Site |
Data retention level | |
0001 |
111111 |
BED1 |
ß |
DR1 |
0001 |
111111 |
— |
ß |
DR2 |
0001 |
— |
— |
ß |
DR3 |