Purpose
Archiving consists of the following two steps:
Analysis and test of archivability of Business Partner Contacts
Writing of Business Partner Contacts to an archive file, based on theanalysis executed in the first step
The Archive Business Partner Contacts report is the first step.
The archiving object comprises the following contract data:

• BCONT: Business Partner Contact


• SRL_ARLNK : SREL: Archive Structure for Links


• BCONT_LINK_ATTR: Contact: Relationship Attributes


• BPCTPOSFORM: Object Relationships for BP Contact: Attribute Values


• THEAD: SAPscript Text Header


• TLINE: SAPscript Text Lines


• CDHDR: Change document header


• CDKEYTAB: Archiving class CHANGEDOCU transfer table structure


• CDPOS: Change document items


• BPCT_CRM_GUIDS: Assignment: Contact Key -> Activity GUID

The archiving object for Business Partner Contacts is ISU_BCONT.
Use transaction AOBJ to find the definition of the archiving object andthe corresponding Customizing settings.
Use transaction SARA to find the archive administration and thecorresponding Customizing settings.
Use transaction SARI to find the technical view for the archivedBusiness Partner Contacts.

Integration
The archiving of contracts incorporates the following reports:
RESET N1
Archiving Report
The system analyzes contracts. Those documents that can be archived arewritten to the archive file.
Deletion Reports
Business Partner Contacts in the archive file are deleted from thecorresponding database tables.

Features
The archiving report selects only Business Partner Contacts whoseretention period has expired.
You can define the retention period in Customizing, underDefine Retention Period for Archiving Objects
(SAP Utilities -> Tools -> Archiving -> Define RetentionPeriod for Archiving Objects).
Archivability Checks:
Different kinds of checks are performed before archiving a contract.These checks can be grouped by area.


• Retention period check

A Business Partner Contact is archived if the retention date set inCustomizing is greater than the created date. For example, if theRetn. Per. field for terminated contracts contains 30 days, thena Business Partner Contact can only be archived if at least 30 days havepassed since the create date.

Selection
You can make the following settings when you start the report:


• Business Partner Contact: Restrict the selection to
specific Business Partner Contact.

• Business Partner Number: Restrict the
selection to the specific Business Partner Number.

• Contact Class: Restrict the selection to the
specific Contact Class.

• Contact Action: Restrict the selection to the
specific Action.

• Archive Date: Restrict the selection from a
starting Archive Date. Note this date is taken from Customizing. You canmodify this date but it cannot be greater than the pre-defined date.

• Test mode: No changes are made in the
database if you start the report in test mode.

• Production mode: Changes are made in the
database.

• Detail log: Write detailed information to the
log for each analyzed data record. On the report selection screen, theuser can choose to hide this information in the report by selectingNo Detail Log, or see only error messages by selectingWithout Success Message, if desired.

• Log output: Controls the way information
appears on the screen.

• Archiving session note: Allows you to enter a
comment about the archiving run.
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