Example: Business Transactions and Associated Archiving Objects (SAP Library

Example: Business Transactions and Associated Archiving Objects

In drawing up an archiving strategy for your company, you first have to analyze your business transactions from an archiving perspective. The following table provides some examples of how you can collect the required data:

Business transaction	Average duration	Transactions relevant to archiving	Archiving objects affected	User department involved
Promotion management via the distribution center	300 days	Promotion Listing Vendor order Price calculation Goods receipt, delivery Billing	W_PROMO W_SOR MM_EKKO W_KALK MM_MATBEL, FI_DOCUMNT, RV_LIKP SD_VBRK, MM_REBEL	Strategic sales Warehouse Invoice verification
Merchandise distribution using a collective purchase order (pull)	100 days	Warehouse order, Vendor order Goods receipt, delivery Billing	MM_EKKO MM_MATBEL, FI_DOCUMNT, RV_LIKP SD_VBRK, MM_REBEL	Purchasing Warehouse Invoice verification

Once you have examined the business transaction s relevant to archiving, as a next step you have to find out the percentage each transaction accounts for of your total business. You can then use this information to determine the length of time the data has to be kept in the system (residence time) and how often you have to archive.