The files used by the empties update can become very large in online operation. Data archiving reduces the system load and improves performance.
Note
You should coordinate empties data archiving with the archiving of the billing documents, since the billing documents provide basic information for the empties data.
Integration
You can archive empties data both in SD and in MM. In MM, standard archiving is used for archiving empties data.
To use empties archiving, you first have to set up the relevant archiving objects:
In the command field, enter the transaction code AOBJ
.
Enter the following data in the Empties
area:
BEV1_EMBD
(archiving of monthly empties stock)
BEV1_EMFD
(archiving of empties update)
Select an archiving object.
In the dialog structure, choose
.Specify whether or not you want the corresponding delete program to start automatically.
Default setting: The system does not start the delete program automatically. Before you start archiving, you should check whether the delete function is active.
If automatic deletion is not used, the system displays a message indicating that there are still objects to be deleted the next time you start an archiving run.
Note
You have to start the corresponding delete program manually in order to avoid duplicate archiving.
You can use the following functions in empties archiving in SD:
Archive Monthly Empties Stock
Archive Empties Update
Reload Monthly Empties Stock
Reload Empties Update
Delete Reloaded Empties Records
Edit the following parameters if you want to execute the Archive Monthly Empties Stock
function in SD:
Start date
Spool parameters
The system generates the relevant archive files for the monthly empties stock.
Edit the following parameters if you want to execute the Archive Empties Update
function in SD:
Start date
Spool parameters
The system generates the relevant archive files for the empties update.
Edit the following parameters if you want to execute the Reload Monthly Empties Stock
function in SD:
Archive selection
Start date
Spool parameters
The system reloads the relevant archive files from the monthly empties stock.
Edit the following parameters if you want to execute the Reload Empties Update
function in SD:
Archive selection
Start date
Spool parameters
The system reloads the relevant archive files for the empties update.
If you execute the Delete Reloaded Empties Records
function in SD, the transaction deletes data records that have already been archived but have been re-imported.
Note
Archived data records have the value X
in the Archived
field.
Note that the archiving variants include an option for performing a test run. If you activate this option, the system simulates the archiving, deletion, and reloading of the data. We recommend always checking the archiving variants before you start an archiving process.
During the actual deletion run, the system deletes all the records from the involved tables that were reloaded to the tables from the archive.
The options for reloading deleted empties records are useful if you have to reprint an old invoice or check the balance of an empties account for a date in the past, for example.