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Procedure documentationArchiving Buckets with RPM_BUCKET

 

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

Data Area

Data

Overview: General Information

All data

Overview: Financial and Capacity Information

All data

Overview: Subbuckets

Information about the relationship to subbuckets

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 the superordinate portolio / classification hierarchy

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 system selects only objects with the status To Be Archived. 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:

  • Subbuckets

  • Items

  • Collections

  • Initiatives

  • Reviews

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

  • 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.

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

Procedure

  1. 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).

  2. Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of this archiving object.

    For more information, see Characteristics of RPM_BUCKET.

  3. Create a write variant for the archiving object.

    For more information, see Defining Write Variant for RPM_BUCKET.

  4. Ensure that you have the authorizations required for this archiving object.

    For more information, see Authorizations for Archiving Object RPM_BUCKET.

  5. Display the archived data.

    For more information, see Displaying Buckets Archived with RPM_BUCKET.