Training Schedule

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• Essential: SAPTEC * Recommended; Experience with planning, execution and monitoring of background jobs BIT400 or BIT500

• 1) Basic Principles of Data Archiving
• a) Understand Data Archiving and its role in your system
• b) Determine the positioning of data archiving in SAP solutions
• c) Differentiate between data archiving and document storage
• 2) The Archiving Object and its Customizing
• a) Describe and display the mandatory and optional components of an archiving object
• b) Describe the use of transactions SARA and AOBJ
• c) Maintain file names and file paths
• d) Maintain storage folders if you want to store archive files in a storage system
• e) Perform cross-archiving-object customizing
• f) Perform archiving-object-specific customizing
• g) Name possible variants in Data Archiving
• h) Maintain residence times for FI_DOCUMNT archiving object
• i) Maintain residence times for SD archiving objects
• j) Describe how to use user exits for SD archiving objects
• k) Target an existing content repository using the SAP CMS interface
• 3) Data Assignment to Archiving Objects
• a) Determine the critical tables using "size" and "growth"
• b) Assign an archiving object to a table
• c) Choose one suitable archiving object from several that can be assigned
• d) Describe dependencies between archiving objects
• e) Use the network graphic to display archiving sequences
• f) Identify business, technical and legal considerations in data archiving
• g) Use transaction TAANA to determine appropriate selection criteria
• h) Use transaction TAANA to determine appropriate archiving objects
• 4) Data Archiving Transaction SARA
• a) Carry out functions in transaction SARA
• b) Schedule archiving jobs
• c) Maintain variants
• d) Describe the authorization checks
• e) Monitor archiving jobs
• f) Display and interpret logs
• g) Interpret data archiving statistics
• h) Describe the procedure for errors and restart scenarios
• i) Describe how management data is structured
• j) Archive management data
• k) Interpret the status of archiving sessions
• l) Store archive files
• m) List possible external storage media
• n) Describe the connection between data archiving and system performance
• o) Describe the meaning and the requirements of a long-term archiving plan
• 5) Read Access to Archived Data
• a) List the options for accessing archived data
• b) Display archived documents directly from the standard display transactions
• c) Access archived documents using special read programs
• d) Understand the reload function in the context of accessing archived data
• e) Describe the components and the usage areas of the Archive Information System
• f) Create or adapt an archive information structure
• g) Build an archive information structure
• h) Search for a document directly using the Archive Information System and displaying it in a technical view
• i) Describe the Document Relationship Browser (DRB) and its purpose
• j) Use roles in the Document Relationship Browser or personalize its functions
• k) Define and explain the purpose of the Data Retention Tool (DART)
• l) Describe the connection between data archiving and DART
• m) Describe which data DART saves in its extract files and how
• n) Explain why you need views of DART extracts
• Notes
• • The examples in the course are based on frequently used archiving objects.