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Function documentationArchiving of Promises to Pay

 

In order to reduce the load on your database, you can archive promises to pay.

Prerequisites

You activated the archive information structure for promises to pay. (See Customizing for Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Business Transactions Next navigation step Promise to Pay Next navigation step Archiving End of the navigation path).

For more information on the prerequisites for archiving, see the documentation of the archiving report (RFKKPPAR01).

Features

You can reduce the burden on your database by promises to pay that you no longer need online. These entries are then deleted from the database and written to an archive database.

Note for Integration with SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management

The current archiving object is integrated with SAP NetWeaver ILM.

If you have configured SAP NetWeaver ILM and this archiving object accordingly, the write program that generates the archive files displays the ILM Actions group box. In this group box, you can choose one of the following radio buttons:

  • Archiving

  • Snapshot

  • Data Destruction

For more information, see the documentation for these radio buttons in the system and in the application help for SAP NetWeaver ILM.

Activities

You archive using the SAP standard tool for archiving, the Archive Development Kit. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Periodic Processing Next navigation step Archive Data Next navigation step Promise to Pay End of the navigation path. You go directly to transaction SARA. The archiving object for archiving promises to pay is FI_MKKPP. The associated programs are:

  • RFKKPPAR01: Archiving of Promises to Pay

  • RFKKPPAR02: Deletion of Data for Promise to Pay

  • RFKKPPAR03: Reload Data for Promise to Pay

For more information, see the report documentation.