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.
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 )
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.
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
Attachments for programs and for program measures are not archived.
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
Once the data has been archived, the status of the DSM program is changed to "Archived".
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.
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
Using transaction Archive Administration
(SARA), specify archiving object CRM_DSM_PR, and select Write
or Delete
from the Actions
panel.