Archiving process orders is part of the general reorganization procedure for orders.

Only one archiving object is required for archiving process orders. It is called PR_ORDER.

The reorganization of orders is divided into three steps in the R/3 System:

1. Activating the deletion flag in the order
2. Activating the deletion indicator in the order
3. Carrying out an archiving run

Orders that have already been archived can be restored and displayed in the R/3 System by means of a fourth step, the retrieval function.

An order can only be archived after you have activated a deletion flag for it. You can do this either manually or automatically (that is, in a background job). After a first residence time has elapsed, the deletion indicator is activated for those orders marked with a deletion flag by running a background job. After a second residence time is over, the orders are archived and deleted from the database at the same time.