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Publisher SAP PRESS

Year / Edition 2015 / 1

Pages 534

Authors Ahmet Türk

Archiving SAP Data—Practical Guide

In the face of large data accumulation, data archiving plays a vital role in maintaining SAP system performance while adhering to legal requirements. Strategize and execute your SAP data archiving plan with this guide! Begin with the basic principles, before diving into tools for storage and transactions for accessing archived data. Whether you’re using a classic approach or SAP Information Lifecycle Management, get the know-how you need to clean out the clutter in your SAP system.

Plan and implement a data archiving strategy
Work with all the important tools and transactions: ArchiveLink, TAANA, SARA, and more
Learn how SAP Information Lifecycle Management can improve your data archiving processes

You'll learn about:

Strategy to Execution:
Learn how to develop an archiving strategy that best suits your business needs. Then walk through the planning and execution of your archiving project with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.
Storage and Access:
Discover the best tools and transactions for storing and accessing your archived SAP data—like the ArchiveLink and WebDAV interfaces for storage and the Archive Explorer and Transaction VA03 for accessing data.
Classic Approach versus SAP ILM:
Get an in-depth look at both SAP archiving methods: the classic archiving approach using tools such as the Archive Development Kit, or SAP Information Lifecycle Management (SAP ILM), which includes functions for retention management and implementing system shutdowns

Key Highlights:

Technical environment and concepts
Legal principles and framework
Data storage and access
Interfaces and transactions
Strategy and project planning
Implementation and management
SAP Information Lifecycle Management
ArchiveLink
WebDAV
Archive Information Systems
DART

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Introduction
PART I Basic Principles
1 Basic Principles and Legal Frameworks of SAP Data Archiving
- 1.1 Safeguarding Performance of SAP Systems
- 1.2 Information Lifecycle Management
  - 1.2.1 Generating Data
  - 1.2.2 Using Data
  - 1.2.3 Completing Data Records
  - 1.2.4 Retaining Data
  - 1.2.5 Destroying Data
- 1.3 Archive Development Kit
- 1.4 Transactions and Processes
  - 1.4.1 Transaction DB02: Determining the Database Size and Table Size
  - 1.4.2 Transaction DB15: Determining Archiving Objects
  - 1.4.3 Transaction TAANA: Performing Table Analyses
  - 1.4.4 Transaction SARA: Managing Data Archiving
  - 1.4.5 Transaction FILE: Defining Path Names and File Names
- 1.5 Legal Regulations
  - 1.5.1 Data Archiving Laws for the United States
  - 1.5.2 International Data Archiving Laws
- 1.6 Tools for Electronic Tax Audits
  - 1.6.1 Extraction Using the Data Retention Tool (DART)
  - 1.6.2 Audit Software from IDEA and ACL
- 1.7 Interfaces in the SAP Landscape
- 1.8 Parties and Organizations Involved
  - 1.8.1 In-House Parties and Organizations
  - 1.8.2 External Parties and Organizations
- 1.9 Summary
2 Storage Options for Archived Data
- 2.1 ArchiveLink Interface
  - 2.1.1 Creating and Maintaining Content Repositories
  - 2.1.2 Creating and Maintaining Document Types and Document Classes
  - 2.1.3 Creating and Maintaining Links
- 2.2 WebDAV Interface
  - 2.2.1 Metadata
  - 2.2.2 Archive Hierarchy
- 2.3 Data Storage Locations
  - 2.3.1 Storage in the Database
  - 2.3.2 Storage in the File System
  - 2.3.3 Storage in the Archive System
  - 2.3.4 Using External Optical Storage Media
- 2.4 Cost Considerations
- 2.5 Recommendations for Storage Strategies
- 2.6 Summary
3 Access Options for Archived Data
- 3.1 Read Programs
- 3.2 Direct Access
- 3.3 Archive Information System
  - 3.3.1 Archive Explorer
  - 3.3.2 Status Management
  - 3.3.3 Customizing
- 3.4 Document Relationship Browser
- 3.5 Print Lists
- 3.6 Third-Party Add-ons
  - 3.6.1 PBS Transactions
  - 3.6.2 Creating DART Extracts from Archive Files
  - 3.6.3 Creating Structured Data from SAP Print Lists
- 3.7 Summary
PART II Implementing Data Archiving Projects
4 Developing a Data Archiving Strategy
- 4.1 Choosing the Right Time
  - 4.1.1 Early Planning
  - 4.1.2 Late Setup
- 4.2 Developing an Archiving Concept
  - 4.2.1 Strategic Level
  - 4.2.2 Operational Level
  - 4.2.3 Conceptual Level
- 4.3 Summary
5 Planning Archiving Projects
- 5.1 Archiving Projects in Three Sample Industries
  - 5.1.1 Automotive Industry
  - 5.1.2 Chemical Industry
  - 5.1.3 Energy Sector
- 5.2 Change Management and Communication
  - 5.2.1 Preparing for the Change
  - 5.2.2 Choosing the Right Means of Communication
- 5.3 Defining Decision-Makers
- 5.4 Creating a Project Plan and Schedule
  - 5.4.1 Preparation
  - 5.4.2 Technology
  - 5.4.3 Concept per Country
  - 5.4.4 Concept per Archiving Object
  - 5.4.5 Support
- 5.5 Summary
6 Implementing Archiving Projects
- 6.1 Implementation Phase
  - 6.1.1 Selecting the Right Archiving Objects
  - 6.1.2 Hosting Kick-Off Workshops
- 6.2 Final Preparation
  - 6.2.1 Preparing Archiving Objects
  - 6.2.2 Archiving Data in a Test System
  - 6.2.3 Testing Accesses and Interfaces
  - 6.2.4 Obtaining Approvals
  - 6.2.5 Documenting Results and Decisions
  - 6.2.6 Creating Data Extracts in the Production System in Good Time
- 6.3 Go-Live and Support
  - 6.3.1 Informing Users
  - 6.3.2 Commencing Data Archiving in the Production System
  - 6.3.3 Responding to Potential Support Requests
- 6.4 Summary
7 Managing Archiving Systems
- 7.1 System Analysis
  - 7.1.1 Performance
  - 7.1.2 Space
- 7.2 Communication
  - 7.2.1 Recipients
  - 7.2.2 Forms of Communication
- 7.3 Operation
  - 7.3.1 Scheduling the Archiving Run in the SAP System
  - 7.3.2 Managing Space in the SAP System
  - 7.3.3 Managing Space for Storage
- 7.4 Monitoring
  - 7.4.1 Monitoring the Archiving Run
  - 7.4.2 Finding SAP Notes
  - 7.4.3 Evaluating Support Packages
  - 7.4.4 SAP Solution Manager
- 7.5 Documentation
  - 7.5.1 Topics of Documentation
  - 7.5.2 Storage Locations for the Documentation
  - 7.5.3 Recommendations for Documentation
- 7.6 Summary
8 SAP Information Lifecycle Management
- 8.1 Setting Up SAP Information Lifecycle Management
- 8.2 Tasks of SAP Information Lifecycle Management
- 8.3 Archiving Data
  - 8.3.1 Converting Existing Archive Files
  - 8.3.2 New Write Programs for SAP ILM
  - 8.3.3 Implementing Archiving
  - 8.3.4 Creating Snapshots
  - 8.3.5 Destroying Data
- 8.4 Using Retention Management
  - 8.4.1 Securing Archiving Objects
  - 8.4.2 Defining Retention and Residence Rules
  - 8.4.3 Storing Data
- 8.5 Implementing System Shutdowns
  - 8.5.1 Preparing a System Shutdown
  - 8.5.2 Transferring Data from the Legacy System to the Retention Warehouse System
  - 8.5.3 Evaluating Data
  - 8.5.4 Destroying Data
- 8.6 Summary
9 Future of SAP Data Archiving
- 9.1 Development of Traditional SAP Data Archiving
  - 9.1.1 Past
  - 9.1.2 Today
  - 9.1.3 Future
- 9.2 Development of Archiving Using SAP ILM
  - 9.2.1 Past
  - 9.2.2 Today
  - 9.2.3 Future
- 9.3 Technological Trends
  - 9.3.1 SAP HANA
  - 9.3.2 Data Aging
  - 9.3.3 Cloud Computing
  - 9.3.4 Big Data
- 9.4 Summary
Appendices
- A Transactions
  - A.1 Transactions for Analysis
  - A.2 Transactions for Customizing
  - A.3 Transactions for Data Extraction using DART
  - A.4 Transactions for Storage
  - A.5 Transactions for Administration
  - A.6 Transactions for Display
  - A.7 Transactions for Display in SAP IS-U
  - A.8 Transactions as Part of Data Aging
  - A.9 Transactions for SAP ILM
- B Archiving Objects—Compact Overviews
  - B.1 Archiving Object BC_DBLOGS (Archiving of Changes to Customizing Tables)
  - B.2 Archiving Object BC_SBAL (Archiving Object for Application Log)
  - B.3 Archiving Object IDOC—Intermediate Document
  - B.4 Archiving Object WORKITEM (Work Items from the Workflow System)
  - B.5 Archiving Object CHANGEDOCU (Change Documents)
  - B.6 Archiving Object MM_ACCTIT (MM Subsequent Posting Data for Accounting Interface)
  - B.7 Archiving Object RL_TA (MM-WM Warehouse Management: Transport Requests)
  - B.8 Archiving Object FI_DOCUMNT (FI Documents)
  - B.9 Archiving Object MM_MATBEL (Material Documents)
  - B.10 Archiving Object LE_HU (Handling Units)
  - B.11 Archiving Object RV_LIKP (Deliveries)
  - B.12 Archiving Object SD_VBRK (Billing Documents)
  - B.13 Archiving Object SD_VBAK (Sales Documents)
  - B.14 Archiving Object MM_EINA (Purchasing Info Records)
  - B.15 Archiving Object MM_EBAN (Purchase Requisitions)
  - B.16 Archiving Object MM_EKKO (Purchasing Documents)
  - B.17 Archiving Object PM_ORDER (Service and Maintenance Orders)
  - B.18 Archiving Object PR_ORDER (Process Orders)
  - B.19 Archiving Object VEHICLE (Archiving of Vehicles VMS)
  - B.20 Archiving Object JITO_CALL (Just-in-Time Calls Outbound)
- C Concept Template
- D List of Abbreviations
- E The Author
Index

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