Archiving Quality Notifications (QM-QN) 

Definition

Archiving object QM_QMELfor archiving quality notifications in the Quality Management (QM) application component.

Use

You can use the archiving object for quality notifications to archive quality notifications that you no longer need to access in the system. The data is written to archive files. If this operation is successfully completed, the data is subsequently deleted from the system. You can display the archived data, but there is no provision for the retrieval of previously archived data.

One exception to this is the workflow of quality notifications that can only be archived but not deleted. The workflow is archived using the archiving object WORKITEM and is subsequently deleted.

Structure

When you use archiving objects QM_QMEL, you archive data from several tables. For information on how you can display the table names see Tables and Archiving Objects.

The following functions are available for QM_QMEL:

Function	Activity	Report Program
Preprocessing	The preprocessing program marks the selected notifications (notifications with status DLFL or NOCO) for archiving or deletion by giving them status ARNB. In this way, an individual notification is both prepared for archiving and blocked from further changes in dialog.	RQARCQMV
Archiving	The write program writes the database tables of the quality notifications to the archive. If the operation is successful, the program deletes the data from the system after archiving, depending on the Customizing settings.	RQARCQMA
Deleting	The delete program deletes all database records for quality notifications that were successfully archived. If the deletion program is not called up automatically after the Archive activity has been successfully completed, you must wait until all the archiving is completed. Then you can schedule this step.	RQARCQMD
Evaluation	You can display data for the archived quality notifications using the evaluation program.	RQARCQMS
Management	You can use this function to display previous archiving sessions.

In addition, you can archive completed quality notifications that are not marked for deletion (program RQARCQM3), or manually mark quality notifications for deletion.

See also:

Archiving (general)

Archiving Workitems (BC-BMT-WFM)

Dependencies (QM-QN)

 

Integration

If you are using the archiving object within the framework of Information Lifecycle Management and the prerequisites for this are satisfied through activation of the associated business function, the ILM Activities frame is additionally shown in the write program. Using these activities, 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 relevant prerequisites.