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Data Archiving

Data archiving in SAP removes old data from the database and stores it in archive files or external storage. It uses archiving objects and tools like the Archive Development Kit and XML archiving. The archiving process involves three steps - creating archive files, executing a delete program, and storing the archive files. Common transactions for archiving include Archive Administration and archiving payroll data, while common HR archiving objects include payroll results, time data, and personnel planning data.

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Data Archiving

Data archiving in SAP removes old data from the database and stores it in archive files or external storage. It uses archiving objects and tools like the Archive Development Kit and XML archiving. The archiving process involves three steps - creating archive files, executing a delete program, and storing the archive files. Common transactions for archiving include Archive Administration and archiving payroll data, while common HR archiving objects include payroll results, time data, and personnel planning data.

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SAP HR/HCM Data Archiving Interview Q & As.

1.What is data archiving?


Data archiving is a service offered by SAP. Archiving removes data from the database that no longer
needs online to some file system or any third party storage system.But the archived data can be
fetch from archive file or third party storage system.
Data in the database table can only be archived using archiving objects.
2.What are tools used for SAP Data Archiving?
Tool used for SAP Data Archiving is Archive Development Kit (ADK) and XML based archiving.
3.What are steps of Data Archiving?
Archiving is carry out in three steps:
Step 1: Create Archive Files
Step 2: Execute Delete Program
Step 3: Store Archive Files
4.What are transactions used for Data Archiving?
Two transactions are
1.Archive Administration (SARA)
2.Archiving payroll Data (PU22)
5.What are HR/HCM Data Archiving Objects?
Following are SAP HR archiving objects
1.

PA_CALC - Payroll results

2.
3.

CATS_DATA -Time data


PA_TIME - Time evaluation results

4.
5.

PA_TRAVEL - Trip data


BC_HROBJ - Personnel Planning

6.
7.

PA_LDOC - PA long-term documents


PA_PDOC - Posting documents

8.

PA_PFUND - Pension fund data


6.Transaction Codes for SAP Data Archiving
Transaction Codes for SAP Data archiving are as follows
DB15- Data Archiving: Database Tables
SARA - Archive Administration
SARI - Archive Information System
AOBJ - Archiving object definition
TAANA - Table Analysis: Administration
PU22 - HR Archiving
FILE - Cross-Client File Names/Paths
SF01 - Client-Specific File Names

SAR_SHOW_MONITOR - Data Archiving Monitor


ACLA - Define Archiving Classe
AFX_WB - Archiving Workbench
AS_AFB - Archive File Browser
ARCH_PROT - Archiving Logs
OAC0 - CMS Customizing Content Repositories

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