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

Archiving Process Orders (PP-PI)

Definition

Archiving object PR_ORDER to archive process orders in the Production Planning and Control application component.

Use

You can use the archiving program to archive data that you do not need any longer. The data is written to archive files and then deleted in the system, provided that the transaction has been successful.

You only need one archiving object to archive process orders. This archiving object is PR_ORDER.

Usually, archive file creation and data deletion is carried out in the same job. However, you can perform these steps separately, if you want (see Starting the Deletion Program - Process Order (PP-PI)).

If you call Archive Management from the menu by choosing Production - Process ® Process order ® Tools ® DB Archiving ® Process Order, PR_ORDER is set as default archiving object.

Structure

The archiving object PR_ORDER contains the following information:

Operations
Material components
Production resources/tools
Inspection characteristics and their values
Trigger points
Confirmations
Goods movements with errors
Texts

If you call Archive Management from the Process Orders menu by choosing Tools ® Archive ® Process order, PR_ORDER is set as default archiving object, so you do not need to enter the name.

Selection Criteria

You can select process orders for archiving using the following criteria:

Order number
Order type
Plant
MRP controller
Production scheduler
Selection profile
Days in excess of delivery date

An order can only be archived if:

It meets the selection criteria
It has the order category ‘40' ( = process order)
It has a deletion indicator set
Residence time 2 has expired