Application-Specific Features (CS-BD/PM-EQM-FL) 

Use

You can archive functional location master data that you no longer need to access directly in the system by 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 functional location master data using the archiving object PM_IFLOT.

You can archive functional locations 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 functional locations 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 that these functional locations are not being used elsewhere.

The initial run generates a log.

Archiving

The archiving program writes the database tables of the functional locations listed under the object definition to the archive.

If you have used alternative labels for functional locations, these will be archived but not deleted from the system.

In the Customizing of Archiving, the standard SAP setting for the deletion program is Start automatically. This means that all the data is automatically deleted once it has been successfully archived.

The archiving program generates a log.

Deleting

The deletion program deletes all database records for the functional locations 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.

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