The archiving object data structure is described here using Financial Accounting as an example. To archive FI documents so that they can be accessed in the future, you must make sure that the technical and business environments are stored in the archive file. This is ensured by the respective data description.

The archiving object for FI documents, FI_DOCUMNT, includes the following data, which is stored in various database tables:

• Document header
• Document segment accounting
• Document segment control data
• Posting procedures that depend on company codes
• Document segment variable data
• Document segment change data
• Change documents
• SAPscript texts