Application-Specific Features (PM-SMA-SC/PM-WOC-MO) 
Application-Specific Features (PM-SMA-SC/PM-WOC-MO)
Use
You can archive service notifications which 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 service notifications using the
archiving object SM_QMEL.
Features
Initial Run
The initial run program prepares the data in the database for archiving. The deletion flags, with which you flagged the objects you want to archive are also assigned the system status MARC (Flagged for archiving).
The initial run generates a
log.Archiving
The archiving program writes the database tables of the service notifications listed under the
object definition to the archive.
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 service notifications which were successfully archived.
If the deletion program is not called up automatically after the activity Archive has been completed successfully (see Customizing of Archiving), you must wait until all the archiving is completed. You can process an entire archiving session with all the archive files created 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
You can display statistical data for the archive file. Choose Evaluate in the initial screen for archiving service notifications.