Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SRV-BR (Application Component) BRFplus - ABAP-Based Business Rules⤷
SFDT_SERVICE (Package) BRFplus: Services
Basic Data
| Data Element | FDT_RETENTION_TIME |
| Short Description | BRF+: Data Retention Time |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | Direct Type Entry | |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | ||
| Data Type | INT4 | 4-byte integer, integer number with sign |
| Length | 10 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 11 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| Parameter ID | FDT_RETENTION_TIME | |
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | D.Ret.Time |
| Medium | 19 | Data Retention Time |
| Long | 20 | Data Retention Time |
| Heading | 19 | Data Retention Time |
Documentation
Definition
The number of days that must have passed by before an object or an object version is physically deleted.
Use
This data element is used in the following administrative scenarios in BRFplus:
- Deleting objects that are marked for deletion.
- Discarding old object versions.
- Database cleanup.
The BRFplus reports dealing with the scenarios listed above scan the objects matching the selection criteria. For each unused object, the reports check the timestamp relevant for the intended operation. If the timestamp dates back to a point in time earlier than the current date minus the data retention time, then the operation is performed on that object. Otherwise, the object is left untouched.
By default, the data retention time is 90 days.
Dependencies
Example
On March 1st, a data object has been marked for deletion. The report for deleting such objects is running on a daily schedule. The object is not touched by the report for 90 days, that is, until May 30th. On May 31st, however, the report detects that the data object's timestamp is older than 90 days. Therefore, the data object is deleted on May 31st.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in | 712 |
