Application-Specific Features (CS-BD/PM-EQM-EQ) 
Application-Specific Features (CS-BD/PM-EQM-EQ)
Use
You can archive equipment master data that you no longer need to access directly in the system using the archiving program. The data is written to the archive files and then deleted from the system if the operation was successful.
You can archive and delete equipment master data using the
archiving object PM_EQUI. You can archive equipment while the online operation is in process.
Features
Initial Run
The initial run program prepares the data in the database for archiving. The deletion flags, with which you flagged the equipment you want to archive are also assigned the system status Deletion indicator in the initial run program. However, note that processing can only take place if the system determines equipment is not being used elsewhere in the system.
The initial run generates a
log.Archiving
The archiving program writes the database tables of the pieces of equipment listed under the
object definition to the archive.
When Start automatically is set for the deletion program in
Customizing of Archiving, and a productive variant is selected for the archiving program, the system starts the deletion program in connection with its productive variant. This means that the system deletes the archived data from the database.
The archiving program generates a
log.Deleting
The deletion program deletes all database records for the pieces of equipment which were successfully archived.
If the deletion program is not called up automatically after the activity Archive has been completed successfully, you must wait until all the archiving is completed. You can process an entire archiving session with all the archive files generated or you can select individual archive files for processing.
To avoid problems caused by data inconsistency, you should run the deletion program as near as possible to the archiving program.
The deletion program generates a
log.Displaying