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Chapter 3

Like

for

dat

a s

tora

ge,

you h

ave

many

sele

ctio

n o

pti

ons

avail

able

for

acc

essi

ng

arc

hiv

ed d

ata

. D

epen

ding

on t

he

resp

ecti

ve S

AP

data

arc

hiv

ing

obje

ct,

ther

e are

som

e sp

ecif

ics

that

you

sho

uld

obse

rve.

3A

ccess

Op

tio

ns

for

Arc

hiv

ed

Data

Acc

essi

ng

arch

ived

dat

a af

ter

SAP d

ata

arch

ivin

g is

hig

hly

sig

nif

ican

t

wit

hin

th

e ar

chiv

ing

pro

cess

. A

rch

ivin

g SA

P d

ata

do

esn

’t m

ake

mu

ch

sen

se i

f yo

u d

on

’t h

ave

the

op

tio

n t

o a

pp

rop

riat

ely a

cces

s th

e ar

chiv

e.

Ho

wev

er,

the

qu

alit

y o

f th

e d

isp

lay f

rom

th

e ar

chiv

e is

usu

ally

no

t as

goo

d a

s th

e d

isp

lay f

rom

th

e d

atab

ase.

Dep

end

ing

on

th

e SA

P a

rch

ivin

g

ob

ject

use

d,

the

corr

esp

on

din

g tr

ansa

ctio

ns

can

no

t d

isp

lay t

he

dat

a

from

th

e ar

chiv

e in

th

e fo

rmat

th

at u

sers

are

acc

ust

om

ed t

o.

Eit

her

no

t

all

info

rmat

ion

in

arc

hiv

ed d

ocu

men

ts i

s d

isp

layed

or

cert

ain

tra

nsa

c-

tio

ns

are

no

t ab

le t

o r

ead

fro

m t

he

arch

ive.

Als

o,

the

alte

rnat

ive

acce

ss

op

tion

s fo

r ar

chiv

e ac

cess

are

not

very

use

r-fr

ien

dly

in

man

y c

ases

. A

s a

resu

lt,

use

rs m

ay b

e d

issa

tisf

ied

wit

h t

he

arch

ive

acce

ss a

nd

ult

imat

ely

dec

ide

agai

nst

SA

P d

ata

arch

ivin

g.

For

this

rea

son

you

sh

ou

ld e

valu

ate

all

poss

ible

acc

ess

op

tion

s to

op

ti-

mal

ly d

efin

e ar

chiv

e ac

cess

fo

r th

e u

ser.

On

ly t

hen

can

you

con

vin

ce t

he

use

rs a

nd

ob

tain

ap

pro

val fo

r d

ata

arch

ivin

g. I

n t

his

ch

apte

r, w

e’ll

tak

e a

close

r lo

ok a

t th

e var

iou

s op

tio

ns

usi

ng

exam

ple

s an

d f

ind

ou

t w

hic

h

alte

rnat

ive

acce

ss

op

tion

s you

ca

n

reve

rt

to

if

ind

ivid

ual

so

luti

on

s

exh

ibit

wea

k p

oin

ts.

Th

e go

al o

f SA

P d

ata

arch

ivin

g is

to

pro

vid

e ac

cess

in s

uch

a w

ay t

hat

th

e u

sers

can

su

pp

ort

dat

a ar

chiv

ing.

3.1

Read

Pro

gra

ms

Seq

uen

tial d

ata

acc

ess

Rea

d

pro

gram

s p

rovi

de

seq

uen

tial

ac

cess

to

ar

chiv

e fi

les.

In

oth

er

wo

rds,

yo

u c

an a

cces

s ar

chiv

e fi

les

in s

equ

ence

un

til

you

’ve

fou

nd

th

e