Entering the Start Date
Prerequisites
You are in Archive Administration (transaction SARA) and you have selected one of the following actions: Write, delete, or reload.
You have to enter the start date only when you execute the first action of an archiving session. The start date is retained until the end of the archiving session.
Procedure
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Choose Start Date.
You reach the screen for maintaining the start date values.
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Choose one of the buttons for defining the desired start date, and maintain the parameters in the fields available.
To schedule periodic jobs, use the Period Values function to enter the required start values.
Use the Restrictions pushbutton to define restrictions for the start date.
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Choose Continue.
Results
You have entered the start date for the archiving action. If you have also made your archive selection and entered the spool parameters, you can now schedule the required archiving action.