Archiving Process Orders (PP-PI) (SAP Library - Production Planning and Control (PP))

Archiving Process Orders (PP-PI)

Procedure

Choose Logistics ® Production - process ® Process order and then Tools ® Archive ® Process order.

The initial screen for archiving process orders appears.

Choose Archiving.

If, in a previous archiving run, the deletion program was not executed automatically, you may run into the danger of archiving the same process orders more than once. The system therefore lists all archive runs whose data has yet to be deleted before it lets you start another archive run.

Enter a variant.

You can use an existing variant only if it is not being locked by another archiving job.

To create a new variant, enter a name for the variant and choose Maintain.

The variant maintenance screen for archiving orders appears. The variant contains the selection criteria that the system uses to determine which data is archived.

Enter your selection criteria.
Maintain the following options:

If required, enter a maximum number of orders to be processed. (The system stops processing, as soon as it reaches the specified number of orders.)
If you want to generate archive files and simultaneously delete the data you are archiving, set the Create archiving file indicator.
If you want to create archive files without immediately deleting the archived data, set the Delete program as test run indicator.

Choose Continue.

Enter the start date.
Enter the spool parameters.
Choose Execute.

The archive files are created for the start date in the background.

If the Execute automat. indicator is set for the deletion program in Archive Customizing the system automatically starts the deletion program after the first archive file is created.