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Arc

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Syst

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form

atio

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AS)

in

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es t

he

arch

ive

file

s an

d u

ses

them

to g

ener

ate

arch

ive

info

stru

ctu

res

for

dis

pla

yin

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chiv

ed d

ata

reco

rds.

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u c

ant

acc

ess

yo

ur

arch

ived

dat

a w

ith

ou

t ge

ner

atin

g ar

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info

stru

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res.

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r th

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st b

e se

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edia

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s fo

llow

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yo

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ter)

to c

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.

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ac

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arch

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pla

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the

Archive Infostructure f

ield

. If

sev

eral

act

ivat

ed a

rch

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info

stru

c-

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s ex

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for

the

dat

a ar

chiv

ing

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ject

, yo

u m

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pic

k o

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arch

ive

info

stru

ctu

re.

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ur

exam

ple

, o

nly

th

e SAP_DRB_VBAK_02 i

nfo

stru

c-

ture

is

acti

ve.

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u c

an o

nly

ch

oo

se o

ne

arch

ive

info

stru

ctu

re i

n t

his

fiel

d,

bec

ause

th

e ar

chiv

e in

fost

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d

eter

min

es th

e se

lect

ion

scre

en.

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igat

e to

th

e se

lect

ion

scr

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fo

r th

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chiv

e in

fost

ruc-

ture

s (s

ee F

igu

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.16

), c

lick

on

th

e Execute b

utt

on

.