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 Archiving Purchasing Info Records (MM-PUR)

Definition

Object MM_EINA for archiving purchasing info records in the MM - Purchasing component.

Structure

Archiving object MM_EINA archives and deletes data from several tables. You can find out which tables these are by using transaction DB15 (see also Tables and Archiving Objects).

Business Add-In

You can extend the write program and the delete program using the Business Add-In (BAdI) ARC_MM_EINA_WRITE, which allows the archiving of customers’ own additional tables.

Programs

The following programs are available for MM_EINA:

Program

Function

RM06IW70

Write

RM06ID70

Delete

You can use transactions ME15 and ME16 for MM_EINA instead of a preprocessing program. In these transactions, you can flag purchasing info records for deletion or have the system find deletion proposals.

The write program supports the ADK (Archive Development Kit) interruption concept, which allows you to interrupt the write phase and continue it at a later point in time. If you want to use this function, the Interruption Possible indicator must be set in Customizing (transaction AOBJ). This parameter is not preset. For more information, see Interrupting and Continuing Archiving Sessions.

The standard variants SAP&PROD (production mode) and SAP&TEST (test mode) are available for the delete program.

During the execution of these programs, progress messages are regularly issued in the job log and in dialog mode (status line).

ILM-Related Information for the Archiving Object

You can use this archiving object with the ILM object MM_EINA within SAP Information Lifecycle Management. A prerequisite for this is that you have activated the corresponding Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) business function (transaction SFW5). The system then additionally shows the ILM Actions frame. With these actions, 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 prerequisites.

The following fields for MM_EINA are defined in the ILM policy and in processing for ILM policies (transaction IRMPOL):

  • Available time references

    • End of year (END_OF_YEAR)

  • Available condition fields

    • Purchase order category (BSTYP)

    • Purchasing organization (EKORG)

    • Type of purchasing info record (ESOKZ)

    • Plant (WERKS)

  • Available policy categories

    RTP: Retention rules

For more information, see SAP Information Lifecycle Management.