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Procedure documentation Deleting the Shared Trash Folder  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

The shared trash folder contains all the documents that were deleted from shared folders. It must be deleted at regular intervals. A report is available for this. It is also possible to delete the shared trash folder manually.

As the administrator, you can retrieve documents, folders, and distribution lists from the shared trash folder and place them in the folder from which they were deleted or move them to another folder in shared folders.

Procedure

Scheduling a job for deleting the shared trash folder regularly

Create a job that starts the program RSSOTRCL as a background job with the required variant and at the required times. For further information on scheduling background jobs, see the documentation on BC - Computing Center Management System.

Deleting the shared trash folder manually

  1. Call transaction SO17.
  2. Specify a minimum time period in days.

    3. All objects that were deleted before this time are deleted from shared trash.

  3. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Retrieving Documents from the Shared Trash Folder

  1. In the folder tree of your Business Workplace (SBWP), choose Shared folders.

    2. As an administrator, you can display all the objects that have been deleted from shared folders. Other users can only display the objects that they have created themselves.

  2. Select the document you want to retrieve.
  3. There are two ways of retrieving the document from the trash:
  1. If necessary, change the expiry date for the document.
  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.