Data Object
A data object is the application-specific instance of an archiving object. While the archiving object describes only the logical connectivity of the data, the corresponding data object contains all of the application data from the database that is needed for the complete and consistent archiving of a business object.
A business object can contain the following types of data:
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Master data objects, such as material masters, customer masters, bills of material
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Transaction data objects, such as financial accounting documents, billing documents, and deliveries.
Structure of a Data Object
A data object consists of the following:
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Header containing general information for identifying the data object
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Items that contain application data
Archiving
The Archive Development Kit (ADK) ensures that data objects are written sequentially to an archive file. All data objects in the archive file are set up according to the specifications in the archiving object.