Variant Settings for the Write Program (BC-SRV-ASF-AT)
The write program writes the long texts to archive files.
It is essential that the preprocessing program has been completely finished before the write program is run.
On the selection screen of the write program, you can choose between test and production mode in the Processing Options area.
If the write program of the archiving object is executed in test mode, the system only simulates the archiving in accordance with the selection criteria you entered. An archive file is not created. You receive statistics on the table entries that would have been written to the archive in production mode, as well as the size and number of archive files that would have been created.
In production mode of the write program for the archiving object, the system creates archive files in accordance with your selection criteria. You receive statistics on the table entries that were written to the archive, as well as the size and number of archive files that were created.
In addition, you can enter a comment on the archiving run, which for example contains information about the archived periods. This comment appears at the following points:
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In the overview of archiving runs in archive administration (transaction SARA). It can also be changed here.
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During manual selection of archive files (e.g. evaluation programs). Here it facilitates selection of the archive files.
If you are using the archiving object within the framework of Information Lifecycle Management and the prerequisites for this are satisfied (such as activation of the associated business functions), the ILM Actions frame is also shown. With the aid of these actions, you can carry out an archiving in which the retention periods defined in the Information Retention Manager are evaluated. Furthermore, you can make snapshots (copies) of data or destroy data that satisfies the appropriate criteria.