Archive Administration 

Use

All interaction relating to data archiving takes place in the Archive Administration transaction (SARA)

The definition of an archiving object determines which functions are possible. Consequently, all archiving functions are not always available in the Archive Administration.

Features

Archiving

Enables a write program to be scheduled and run, whereby data is removed from the application database. The program writes the relevant data sequentially in archive files. See Creating Archive Files

Deletion

Enables a deletion program to be scheduled and run, whereby data objects, which could be read from the previously created archive file, to be removed from the database. See Deleting Data from the Database

Evaluation

Enables a program to be scheduled and run that analyzes archived data. See Analyze Archive Files

Index

Enables an index to be constructed or deconstructed for existing archive files. The index is required to display individual documents belonging to several archiving objects. See Constructing an Index and Deconstructing an Index

Storage System

Enables archive files to be transferred to a connected storage system and enables stored archive files to be retrieved from the storage system. See Storing Archive Files and. Retrieving Stored Archive Files.

Management

Offers an overview of archiving sessions. From here, you can display and analyze object-specific management information. See Archive Administration: Overview of Archiving Sessions and Calling the Archive Session Management

Preprocessing

Enables you to schedule and run preprocessing programs. Preprocessing programs prepare data objects for archiving, for example, by setting a deletion indicator. See Scheduling Preprocessing.

Postprocessing

Enables you to schedule and run postprocessing programs. Postprocessing programs carry out operations following an archiving session, such as updating statistics. See Scheduling Postprocessing.

Further Functions

Depending on the action you have selected, you can access the following menu options by choosing Goto.

Activities

You can call the Archive Administration:

If you choose an archiving function in the application, the relevant archiving object is automatically specified in Archive Administration. Otherwise, you must specify it manually.