You can archive customer master data from either the FI or the SD application component.
The selection screen for maintaining variants appears.
If you start the archiving program in test mode, archiving is only simulated. The system neither writes data to archive files nor deletes data from the database.
The detail log records information on each archived object. For more information, see
A short text added to help identify the archiving session within archive administration.
The system asks you whether you want to save your values. To save your data choose Yes.
The ABAP: Save Variant Attributes screen appears, and you enter a description of your variant in the Description field.
To return to the Archive Administration: Create Archive Files screen choose Back.
To display the status of the jobs you created, choose Goto