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Introduction To Data Archiving (CA - ARC) - R3 System

Data archiving removes large amounts of data from the R/3 database that is no longer needed online but must remain accessible later if required. Archiving objects describe the data structure and context and are used to write documents to archive files, which can be stored on other media. The archiving process is divided into three main steps - create archive files by writing data to new files, store the files by moving them to external storage, and run a delete program to remove the archived data from the database while retaining it in the archive files. Archiving objects and transactions are predefined for each application component.

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Introduction To Data Archiving (CA - ARC) - R3 System

Data archiving removes large amounts of data from the R/3 database that is no longer needed online but must remain accessible later if required. Archiving objects describe the data structure and context and are used to write documents to archive files, which can be stored on other media. The archiving process is divided into three main steps - create archive files by writing data to new files, store the files by moving them to external storage, and run a delete program to remove the archived data from the database while retaining it in the archive files. Archiving objects and transactions are predefined for each application component.

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Introduction to Data Archiving (CA-ARC)

Data Archiving removes mass data from the database that the R/3 System no longer needs
online, but which must still be accessible at a later date if required. The following graphic
illustrates the archiving process: Archiving objects are used to write documents to archive files,
which can be stored on other media.

Data in the R/3 Database can only be archived using archiving objects, which describe the data
structure and context.

Financial Accounting documents are, for example, archived using the archiving
object FI_DOCUMNT. It includes the document header, company code-
dependent postings, change documents, SAPscript texts, and other elements.

Integration
The SAP Data Archiving concept is based on the Archive Development Kit (ADK). The ADK
provides the technical basis for the archiving transaction (SARA). To call the archiving
transaction, choose Tools → Administration → Management → Data Archiving, or directly from
the application component. If archive management is called from the application component,
application-specific settings (such as programs and archiving objects) are activated automatically.

Archiving objects for each application component are predefined in the system. Their structures
are described in the application-specific sections.

Features
The archiving procedure is divided into three main steps:

• Create archive files: The data to be archived is written sequentially to a newly created
archive file.
• Store archive files: The newly created archive files can then be moved to a storage
system or copied to a tape. The removal to an external storage system can be triggered
manually or automatically.

• Run delete program: The delete program reads the data from the archive files and then
deletes it from the database.

You can schedule archiving programs as background tasks or run them during normal online
operations.

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