Archiving must first be activated. To do so, you need to carry out various steps for SAP Product:
Before you carry out archiving you must adapt the definition of the archive file to your system landscape.
To adjust the definition of the archive file PRODUCT_MD, carry out the following steps:
In the archiving administration (transaction SARA), select the archiving object PRODUCT_MD.
Choose
Customizing
.
In the screen
Data Archiving Customizing
, choose
Enter data as required.
For more information, see Defining Logical Paths and File Names .
Note
The archive files for the archiving object PRODUCT_MD are created with the logical file name ARCHIVE_DATA_FILE in the logical path ARCHIVE_GLOBAL_PATH.
Before you carry out archiving, you must check the runtime settings for the archiving object PRODUCT_MD and adapt them to your system requirements if necessary. Check in particular the settings for
Logical File Names,
since it is specified here where the data will be archived.
To check the technical data of the archiving object PRODUCT_MD, carry out the following steps:
In the archiving administration (transaction SARA), select the archiving object PRODUCT_MD.
Choose
Customizing
.
In the screen
Data Archiving Customizing
, choose
Check the system settings for
Logical File Names.
Check the system setting for
Archive File Size.
Check the settings for
Settings for Delete Program.
Check the system settings for
Place File in Storage System.
When you have adjusted the data, choose
Save
.
We recommend that you create a variant (for example with the name PRODUCT_SEL) for the program COM_PRODUCT_SELECTIONS with which you can restrict archiving to certain products (various product types, product IDs or products from a particular logical system). You can select these variants as variants for checking objects.
To create a program variant, carry out the following steps:
In the archiving administration (transaction SARA), select the archiving object PRODUCT_MD.
Choose
Customizing
.
In the screen
Data Archiving Customizing
, choose
In the screen
Customizing for Cross- Archiving-Object Programs
, choose
Create Variant.
In the screen
ABAP: Variants –Initial Screen
, enter a variant name and choose
Create
.
In the screen
Maintain Variant: Report COM_PRODUCT_SELECTIONS, Variant <Variant Name>,
enter data as required.
To specify attributes for these variants, choose
Attributes
.
To save the attributes, choose
Save
.
To save the variants, choose
Save
.
To set a variant as active for archiving, in the screen
Customizing for Cross- Archiving-Object Check/Delete
, choose this variant in the field
Active Variant
.
Choose
Save
.
The archive information structure SAP_PRODUCT_AIS is delivered inactive with a field catalog SAP_PRODUCT_MD. The information structure must be activated before the first archive read. The information structure can (if active) be automatically updated during the archiving deletion run and is required for displaying archived products through the archive explorer of the SAP Archive Information System. You can also create the index for archiving specifically for the PRODUCT_MD archive when archiving is complete.
To activate the archiving information structure, carry out the following steps:
Choose archiving administration, (transaction SARA).
Choose
. Choose
Customizing
.
In the field
Archive Infostructure
, enter
SAP_PRODUCT_AIS
.
Then choose
.