Archiving Reviews with RPM_REVW

You can use the archiving object SAP Portfolio and Project Management Review (RPM_REVW) to archive review data. In particular, this archiving object archives the following data:

Table	Data
Overview	All data
Documents and Notes: Documents	Information about the relationship to documents Authorizations
Documents and Notes: Notes	All data
Miscellaneous	All data
Relationship to superordinate Portfolio Management objects	Information about the relationship to superordinate buckets

Note Note

To display a complete overview of the relevant database tables, choose DB Tables in the Archive Administration application (transaction SARA).

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In an archiving session the report selects only objects with the status To Be Archived. This archiving object comprises what-if scenarios in the archiving session automatically. In a productive archiving session the system sets the status Archived in the selected objects after the processing is successfully completed. It is not possible to archive the objects a second time.

Note Note

To archive a particular object, you must have previously archived all its subordinated objects using the respective archiving object:

Items
Initiatives

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To support the following Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) functions, this archiving object is assigned to ILM object RPM_REVW:

Snapshot
In a snapshot session the system selects all objects irrespective of the status.
Data Destruction
In a data destruction session the system selects objects with the status To be archived.

Prerequisites

You are familiar with the functions for Data Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management.
To use the Information Lifecycle Management functions, you have to fulfill the following prerequisites:
- You are familiar with the functions for ILM policies and rules and have defined the retention rules for the archiving object.
- You have activated the relevant Information Lifecycle Management functions.
Otherwise only the Data Archiving functions are available.
You have checked the status definition for reviews and adapted as needed in Customizing for Portfolio and Project Management under Portfolio Management Global Customizing Portfolio-Dependent Settings Define Portfolio Types .

For more information, see Archiving Portfolio and Project Management Data.

Procedure

Familiarize yourself with the functions and attributes of this archiving object.
- In the Archive Administration application (transaction SARA), choose Database Tables to show the tables from which the data of this archiving object is to be deleted.
- For more information about technical attributes, see the Archiving Object Definition application (transaction AOBJ).
Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of this archiving object.
For more information, see Characteristics of RPM_REVW.
Create a write variant for the archiving object.
For more information, see Defining Write Variant for RPM_REVW.
Ensure that you have the authorizations required for this archiving object.
For more information, see Authorizations for Archiving Object RPM_REVW.
Display the archived data.
For more information, see Displaying Reviews Archived with RPM_REVW.