Archiving Installation Facts (IS-U-BI)

You can use archiving object ISU_FACTS to archive installation facts that are no longer required.

During archiving, installation facts that are no longer required are written to one or more archive files. Archived installation facts can be displayed but no longer changed.

Structure

Data from the following tables is archived:

Table	Description
ETTIFB	Installation facts (reference values)
ETTIFN	Installation facts (normal)

The following archiving actions and corresponding reports are available:

Action	Description	Report
Analyze and archive	The installation facts are analyzed and archived in the same report. Certain installation facts are deleted rather than being archived.	REFACT_ARCHIVE
Display	You can use this report to read an installation fact archive and output parts of the data in a list.	REFACT_READ_ARCHIVE
Delete	Deletes previously archived installation fact data from the database.	REFACT_DELETE

ILM Actions

The ILM Actions checkbox is available for this archiving object when the following conditions are met:

You are working within the SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management (SAP NetWeaver ILM) framework.
All the necessary prerequisites are satisfied, for example, the necessary business functions are activated.

The ILM actions allow you to archive data for which the retention periods defined in the Information Retention Manager (IRM) are evaluated. Furthermore, you can make snapshots of data and destroy data that satisfies the appropriate criteria. For more information, see the ILM Actions in the Write Program section of ILM Enhancements for Data Archiving.

Note Note

When you execute the Data Destruction ILM action for archiving object ISU_FACTS, the usual archiving checks and preprocessing runs for this object are executed first. The data will only be destroyed if the normal rules for an archiving run are validated.

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