SAP HR Data Archiving

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SAP HR Data Archiving

Archiving removes data from the database that no longer needs onlineto 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. Tool used for SAP Data Archiving is Archive Development Kit (ADK).

Archiving Procedure
Archiving is carry out in three steps:
Step 1: Create Archive Files
Step 2: Execute Delete Program
Step 3: Store Archive Files

Steps:
Step 1: Create Archive Files (Write)
The archiving write  program creates an archive file. The data to be archived is then read from the database and is written to the archive file in the background.
Step 2: Execute Delete Program
Deletes data from the database
Step 3: Store Archive Files

Transactions  used for Data Archiving
Two transactions are
1.Archive Administration (SARA)
2.Archiving payroll  Data (PU22)

Data Archiving Objects
Following are SAP HR archiving objects

1.     PA_CALC - Payroll results
2.     CATS_DATA -Time data
3.     PA_TIME - Time evaluation results
4.     PA_TRAVEL - Trip data
5.     BC_HROBJ - Personnel Planning
6.     PA_LDOC - PA long-term documents
7.     PA_PDOC - Posting documents
8.     PA_PFUND - Pension fund data