Optical Archiving 
Note
This topic is relevant only for document management (DM) on the SAP GUI. It is not relevant for DM on the PLM Web UI.
In document management, you can use SAP ArchiveLink® to optically archive the following documents:
Inbound document (NCI - Non-Coded Information)
You process inbound documents in the Archive menu in the document info record.
You can use the following functions:
Check in archive
Display from archive
Copy from archive
Digital original application file, managed in the document info record (CI - Coded Information)
You can process the digital original application files in the Extras menu in the document info record.
You can use the following functions:
Originals 
File Check in archive 
Display archived original application file
You can find more detailed information about SAP ArchiveLink® and scenarios in Document Management in the SAP Library: Basis Basis Services SAP ArchiveLink SAP ArchiveLink -Application scenarios Archiving in Document Management (CA-DMS) .