Deleting Batch Records (PP-PI) (SAP Library - SAP ArchiveLink - Scenarios in Applications (BC-SRV-ARL))

Deleting Batch Records (PP-PI)

Use

You can use this procedure to physically delete header records of batch records from the R/3 database.

To do so, you perform a background job for program PPPI_MCHP_DELETE Delete Batch Record. You can schedule the job as follows:

In Customizing, to repeat the job periodically at certain time intervals
From the batch, record menu to start the job only once at a specific point in time (see below)

After the header records have been deleted, you can no longer access the archive files from within the R/3 System.

Prerequisites

The batch record has status Approved.

The availability period for the batch record defined in Customizing has expired (see overall profile of the relevant material).

Procedure

Choose Logistics ® Materials management ® Material master ® Batch ® <Activity> ® Environment ® Batch record ® Environment ® Background processing.

A dialog box appears from which you can call up the activities Define Selection Variant and Define Background Job.

For more information on how to proceed, see Customizing for Batch Records, section Define Background Jobs for Processing.