Access Options for Archived Data

Like for data storage, you have many selection options available
for accessing archived data. Depending on the respective SAP
data archiving object, there are some specifics that you should
observe.

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Read programs provide sequential access to archive files. In other

words, you can access archive files in sequence until youve found the

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For this reason you should evaluate all possible access options to optimally define archive access for the user. Only then can you convince the
users and obtain approval for data archiving. In this chapter, well take a
closer look at the various options using examples and find out which
alternative access options you can revert to if individual solutions
exhibit weak points. The goal of SAP data archiving is to provide access
in such a way that the users can support data archiving.

Accessing archived data after SAP data archiving is highly significant

within the archiving process. Archiving SAP data doesnt make much
sense if you dont have the option to appropriately access the archive.
However, the quality of the display from the archive is usually not as
good as the display from the database. Depending on the SAP archiving
object used, the corresponding transactions cannot display the data
from the archive in the format that users are accustomed to. Either not
all information in archived documents is displayed or certain transactions are not able to read from the archive. Also, the alternative access
options for archive access are not very user-friendly in many cases. As a
result, users may be dissatisfied with the archive access and ultimately
decide against SAP data archiving.

Chapter 3

Sequential data
access