SAP ABAP IMG Activity _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL (Maintain Global Archiving Control)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-GTF-TS-GMA (Application Component) Generating, Monitoring for Mass Data Archiving Solutions
     ⤷ AFX_GLOBAL (Package) Archiving Framework: Global Objects
IMG Activity
ID _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL Maintain Global Archiving Control  
Transaction Code S_PAB_37000035   (empty) 
Created on 20031119    
Customizing Attributes _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL   Maintain Global Archiving Control 
Customizing Activity _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL   Maintain Global Archiving Control 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL    

Use

In this Customizing activity, you maintain the global archiving control for mass data archiving.

Archive files are stored in the file system under a physical path and file name that is derived from a user-definable logical path and file name. The definition can be divided into the following steps:

  1. Definition of the logical path name
  2. Definition of the logical file name
  3. Assignment of the logical file name to the archiving object

Example

Requirements

If you intend to transfer the archive files to a storage system using the Content Management Service, you must ensure that this storage system has access to the archive files.

In the case of HSM systems, you must make sure that the archive files can be written to the file system of the HSM system.

Standard settings

Recommendation

Activities

Define logical path names

  1. To enter a new path name, select an existing path name, such as ARCHIVE_GLOBAL_PATH, or choose New Entries . This must be as descriptive as possible.
  2. In the Logical File Path Definition dialog structure, double-click on the Assignment of Physical Path and Logical Paths substructure. Double-click to select a syntax group or create a new syntax group.
  3. Assign a physical path name to the logical path name.

    You can press the F1 key in the Physical Path field to obtain a list of all parameters that can be selected.

Defining Logical File Names

  1. To enter a new file name, select an file path name, such as ARCHIVE_DATA_FILE, or choose New Entries. This must be as descriptive as possible.
  2. Double-click on the dialog structure Logical File Name Definition, Cross-Client.
    You can access the screen change view "Logical File Name Definition, Cross-Client": Overview.
  3. Maintain the Physical File and Logical Path fields.

In the Physical File field, enter the physical file name you require. You can see an overview of the possible parameters in the F1 help.

The following parameters are of particular interest here:

  • PARAM_1: Two-character application abbreviation (such as HR; CO, MM) for classifying the archive files in the system. The value is determined from the definition of the relevant archiving object at runtime.
  • PARAM_2: Single-character alphanumeric code (0-9, A-Z). If, when a new archive file is created, an existing file with an identical physical name would result in a conflict, the ADK increases this value. Therefore, this must always be a part of the physical name.
  • PARAM_3: This parameter is filled with the name of the archiving object at runtime. In archive administration, this enables you to check the file contents or to store the archive files by archiving object.

In the Logical Path field, you assign the logical path name defined previously to the current logical file name. You can assign a logical path name to several logical file names.

Further notes

SAP Library under Archiving User Data (CA-ARC) -> Introduction to Data Archiving (CA-ARC) -> Customizing -> General Customizing -> Defining Logical Path and File Names.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 208   Establish Archiving Management 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG _GMA_ARC_GLOBAL 0 ABB0000002 Generating, Monitoring for Mass Data Archiving Solutions 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_AFX_GLOBL_CUST V - View SM30  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20031121 
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