Archiving Procedure 

Purpose

This process describes the basic procedures when performing an archiving session.

Process Flow

Observe the detailed Archiving Checklist when archiving.
  1. You can call Archiving in two ways:
    1. From the application

      2. From the application component menu, the system usually transfers the archiving object to the archive administration transaction (SARA) and this automatically accesses the action Create Archive File screen, where you can schedule the relevant job.

      Archiving is not integrated in the menus for all application components.

    2. From system management

· Call the archive management transaction from system management and enter the object name (see Archive Administration). You can display all available archiving objects using input help.

· Choose Enter to display the actions available for the object.

Alternatively, you can go to the network graphic for an overview of the available archiving objects, their status, and so on. You can access the initial screen by double-clicking an archiving object in the network graphic. The archiving object that you selected appears in the input field Object Name.

System management usually calls archiving when tables have become too big. For more information, see System Manager.
  1. You choose one of the activities available for the archiving object.

    2. After you have chosen an action, the system access the screen in which you can schedule the job for the chosen function.

    If you select Goto ® Program Doc. the system displays the background technical information about the program. Advice, is often also offered, and provides general information about the use of the program. If Advice is available for the current program, an "i" icon appears. You can also call Advice by choosing Goto ® Advice.

  2. Schedule parameter variants. For more information see Maintaining the Start Date and Maintaining Spool Parameters.
  3. Finally, execute the archiving job.

If you use an external storage system, you can, in archiving object-specific Customizing, specify whether archive files are transferred automatically to the storage system using the Content Management Service. You can display the ArchiveLink status of an archive file from the Archiving Session Overview screen. See Transferring Files to ArchiveLink and Retrieving Files from ArchiveLink.