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Background documentationArchiving Demand Side Management Programs

 

You can use archiving object CRM_DSM_PR to archive demand side management (DSM) programs that are no longer required. During archiving, DSM program data is written to one or more archive files.

Prerequisites

  • The status of the DSM program has been set to Can be archived (in CRM WebClient UI).

  • The number of days since the most recent status change of the DSM program to Can be archived is equal to or has passed the residence time defined by way of the Define Residence Time for Archiving Programs Customizing activity (in SAP Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, select Start of the navigation path Industry-Specific Scenarios Next navigation step Utilities Industry Next navigation step Demand Side Management Next navigation step General Settings Next navigation step Define Residence Time for Archiving Programs. End of the navigation path)

    Example Example

    If the residence time is 365 days and you change the status of the program to "Can be archived" on March 1, 2020, then you can only archive this program as of March 1, 2021.

    End of the example.

Structure

The following program data is archived:

  • Header data

  • Goals

  • Program measures

  • Incentives

  • Goal contributions

  • Program control information

  • Program assignment settings

  • Change history

  • Partner data

  • Notes (program level and program measure level)

Note Note

Attachments for programs and for program measures are not archived.

End of the note.

The following archiving actions and corresponding reports are available:

  • Action: Archive

    Description: Archives eligible programs (see prerequisites)

    Report: CRM_IU_DSM_PRG_WRITE_ILM

  • Action: Delete

    Description: Deletes previously archived programs from the database

    Report: CRM_IU_DSM_PRG_DELETE_ILM

Features

Status Change of Program after Archiving

Once the data has been archived, the status of the DSM program is changed to "Archived".

Variant Settings for Archiving

Specific archiving instructions are stored as variants. You can create your own variants for immediate use, or you can save them for access during future archiving runs. The following information can be specified when defining a DSM program archiving variant:

  • The DSM programs to archive

  • Whether the archiving run is to be executed in test mode or in production mode

  • The properties of the log report

  • The presence of a note to describe the archiving run

In addition to specifying a variant, you need to specify the start date and time of the archiving run and the printing (spooling) settings.

Variant Settings for Deleting

The following information can be specified when deleting archived DSM programs:

  • The archived DSM programs to delete

  • Whether the deletion run is to be executed in test mode

  • The start date and time of the deletion run

  • The printing (spooling) settings

Activities

Using transaction Archive Administration (SARA), specify archiving object CRM_DSM_PR, and select Write or Delete from the Actions panel.