Archiving Material Cost Estimates 

Use

Material cost estimates that you no longer need can be removed from the database and archived.

Integration

You can archive cost estimates independently of data in other archiving sessions.

Prerequisites

You define the technical data for archiving cost estimates (such as the name, path, and size of the archive file) in Archive Management under Customizing. For additional information, see:

Archiving material cost estimates does not require any additional settings in Customizing.

A material cost estimate to be archived cannot be marked, and it cannot be the currently released cost estimate. That is, it cannot be linked to the material master record. This ensures data consistency. You can only archive cost estimates that have a Valid from date in the past. This means you can archive cost estimates at any time during the year.

To archive material cost estimates, you need a general authorization for archiving as well as authorization for the K_KEKO archiving object with activity 06. For more information, refer to Authorization Check.

Depending on the system environment and the amount of data, you can archive approximately 13,000 cost estimates per hour. A cost estimate requires approximately 5,000 bytes, depending on the amount of data.

Activities

You can call these functions from the menu as follows: Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Tools ® Archiving ® Material Cost Estimate.

The screen Archive Management: Initial Screen appears. In the Object name field, the archiving object CO_COPC is shown as a default. If you require further information, see Archive Management.

The following table provides an overview of the functions available from this initial screen:

Function

Use this function to:

  Archive

Generate archive files (archive material cost estimates)

 Delete

Schedule and start the deletion program

  Restore

Schedule and start the reload of an archive

  Analyze

Schedule and start an analysis program

 Index

Construct or remove an index for existing archive files

 Management

View and change management information for archiving runs

Call up a network graphic to view the dependencies between archiving objects

Customizing

Check the Customizing settings

Job overview

View a list of all archiving jobs. You can then:

  • Display the log for a specified job ( Job log)
  • Branch to detailed information for a specified job ()
  • Release a job ( Release)
  • Delete a job from the database ()
  • Cancel an active job ()

DB tables

List all archiving objects that are part of a table

Information system

Access the central Archive Information System (SAP AS)

See also: