Archiving FI Asset Data (FI-AA)
Definition
The archiving object for archiving asset data in the Financial Accounting application component is AM_ASSET. This object contains all master data, transactions, and values that are associated with an asset in the R/3 database. It does not include any control tables (Customizing).
Structure
AM_ASSET has the following table structure:
ANLA |
Technical information on the asset main number |
ANLH |
Asset master data |
ANLT |
Language-dependent texts |
ANLV |
Insurance specifications |
ANLW |
Base insurable values |
ANLZ |
Time-dependent data |
ANLB |
Depreciation area specifications |
ANLC |
Annual values |
ANLP |
Depreciation posting values |
ANEK |
Transaction header |
ANEP |
Transactions |
ANEA |
Proportional values |
ANEV |
Information on down payments |
ANLI |
Allocation of Controlling (CO) object to asset under construction (AuC) for capital investment measures |
ANLE |
Proof of origin |
COBRA |
Settlement rule header (for AuC) |
CORB |
Settlement rules (for AuC) |
AM_ASSET also contains asset long texts and change documents.
Sub-objects
The AM_ASSET tables are grouped together into sub-objects. The archiving program checks these sub-objects to see if they should be archived and reorganized according to the defined retention period. If a sub-object is to be deleted, the program deletes all the data records in the tables that belong to the sub-object in a second step.
To maintain consistency, the system archives any additional asset table entries that belong to the sub-object.
The ANLP sub-object contains information on one depreciation posting run for each asset and depreciation area. This information has two purposes:
The archiving program archives the ANLA, ANLH, ANLB, ANLC, and ANLT table entries for each ANLP record.
Because it logically belongs together, the system considers this information as a single sub-object for reorganization. The archiving program thus always archives the complete asset object. In other words, it archives all tables.
The complete asset object contains all the tables of the AM_ASSET archiving object, including master data. All the archiving object tables are archived and deleted.
All change documents and long texts are also cleared along with the asset.
The archiving program does not allow you to archive only selected sub-objects. You can’t for instance, archive only depreciation posting values. The program always archives all sub-objects that are eligible for archiving according to their defined minimum retention period.
Dependent Objects
The archiving object AM_ASSET is always archived together with AM_STEUER. This object contains control tables that can be made available for a possible later further development of asset archiving. You must, therefore, also maintain the technical settings for the archiving object AM_STEUER (such as the logical file path) in asset archiving.
Note the sequence in which the archiving sessions must be carried out. To obtain an overview choose Goto ® Network graphic.