Archiving materials

Hi,
I'm trying to archive some materials but at the end of the job something went wrong and the log file shows the following:
Job started
Step 001 started (program MMREO050N, variant TEST, user ID
Inizio dell'elaborazione dati.
Logical file name or logical path name incorrectly defined
2 di 2 materiali ( 100 %) sono stati elaborati
Job finished
Don't understand what is the problem

Hi,
this is what I read in the spool:
Summary
Archiving Session Number                                  000015
Number of Written Data Objects                                0
Size of Archiving Session in MB                           0,000
Proportion of Header Data in %                              0,0
Log (Summary) for MM_MATNR
    Message                                                                           Obj. Disp. Object (Example)
    Note: no input data was found - processing is cancelled                                    1
Detail Log for MM_MATNR
Object                                   Message
                                          Note: no input data was found - processing is cancelled

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Archiving Materials - MM_MATNR

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I have a situation with Archiving Materials:
If a material is deleted (logical deletion), the archiving process must delete this material if there is no active purchasing document for it.
We can see, if we have a purchase order with this material, the archiving process does not delete it.
Now, when we have a Maintenance Order (PM) with this material, for instance, for next 3 months, when archiving process runs, it deletes this material.
I think this process it is not checking the Maintenance Orders. Is it possible? What can I check?
Thanks a lot!

How is this material entered as component?
you probably had never a quantity maintained.
Once you have had a quantity, then you have a reservation, and with a reservation you cannot archive the material.
I get message: & reservation / dependent requirements exist

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I am customizing the settings in SARA to Archive Materials (MM_MATNR) and I want to set logic so the system doesn't archive Materials that are less than 1 year old. So if I create an item, have no transaction against it, and run the archiving program, how do I make sure it doesn't archive this new materials?

There is no provision within SAP to set residence time for Material master records (MM_MATNR). Hence it is not possible to set the kind of logic you require in SARA. What you can possibly do is this.
1. Flag the material master record which are older than 1 year for deletion
2. In the archive variant uncheck the "Consider matls w/o del. flag"
Refer the following link for flagging material master records for deletion
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/8b/8e963466880c30e10000009b38f83b/frameset.htm
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Archiving materials - Arquiving selection empty

Hi Gurus,
To archive a list of materials (without PO's, stock, etc) I do the following:
- Flag materials for deletion (t-code MM06);
- Create archive file (t-code MM71), or at least I try to do so (the jobs have status finished).
But when I'm going to MM72 or SARA - Delete, the arquiving selection is empty. I also runned program MMREO050 and I receive the following message: BA248 "Archive file c:\temp\MMO cannot be opened for write program".
Does anyone know what should I do to have the archive file in MM72 or SARA?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,

Thanks for your answer Jurgen,
Job Log:
Job Started;
Step001 started (program RSARDISP, variant, user ID PMARIANO);
Write job ARV_MM_MATNR_WRI20090923123516 with ID 12351700;
Job Finished;
The problem appeard in the spool file. It says that can't open the C:
temp\xxxx file to write.
How can I overcome this problem?
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Material Master Archiving

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I want to archive Materials set for deletion flag. My Main problem with Technical settings for file path, logical file.
Please guide me how to customize the technical settings in SARA transaction.
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Hi Sridhar,
Please refer to the link below for more information :
http://www.sap-img.com/bc003.htm
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Archiving MM_MATNR - dependent objects

Experts
Im trying to archive MM_MATNR (Material master) and I understand that all dependent objects need to be archived before material master can be archived.
My question is what is the most effective way of identifying and archiving dependent objects collectively or individually??
Any assistant will me much apreaciated but please dont post the following links or anythin from the following links(I have read thier contents n want more than they offer)
A step by step process will be much apreciated....
[http://www.sap-img.com/bc003.htm]
[http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/90f75a80-867f-2d10-7aa6-ac164e43e89f?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true]
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Sylvester
Edited by: Sylvester Mokgwe on Jan 11, 2011 5:16 AM

you really have a lucky hand in finding poor documentation. Why dont you directly search in help.sap.com
The technical archiving process is well doucmented there, step by step.
further you should search OSS notes with key "MM_MATNR", there are plenty, make sure you are current with notes before you start. But more intresting in the beginning are the consultant notes there, explaining the errors you may discover when archiving materials.
of course you have to do this for any object that you need to archive before.
Which objects this can be in theory can be seen in the network graphics, this answer was already given.
But you have such a network graphic for any object that you need to archive before.....
of course you do not need to archive any object there, just objects you use, and only those records from the object that are relevant to the materials you want to archive.
Usually you set up a archving project, defining residence times for all potential archiving objects, then you do customizing and finally you start testing and then real archiving. this is explained in much more detail in help.sap.com and service.sap.com/plm
And do not underestimate the effort. you need consultants from any module, and people from the business, and good to have auditors as well in the project. you will certaiinly face possible error, any process that is not defined and excuted clean from beginning to the end will give you headaches.
I had a 50 day project (just my time), to get familiar with the object, doing its customizing and execution (this can be different from object to object, even you start everything from SARA) and of course documentation. I have already spend more than 70 days in 3 years (it is not a high priority project) and I have not really archived materials that were in use yet.
if a material was never used in dependent objects, then you can archive it right away.
SAP does extensive checks (and you many have to add own addtional checks in user exits to avoid screwing up your production system (most archived data cannot be retrieved into the database). My system takes between 1 and 3 minutes to archive 1 material (or finally fail because of an error)

How to view archived material master

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I need to view the archived master master.
When I checked in forum I found out it can be done through tcode SARA
and object MM_MATNR. But I cant find archived material master in it.
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regards
sathya

Hi Sathya,
The set of files which you are getting are the archive files. All your archived materials will be contained in those files. If you know the date when the material you are looking for was archived, you can select the archive file which was created on that date. Or as Juergen mentioned, if there is a proper note for the archiving session, it will be easier to find. In case you dont know the archiving date / there is no archiving note, then you may have to run MM72 on the archive files one by one till you get your material.
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MATERIAL MASTER DATA ARCHIVING

Dear Experts,
I have archive material master data from the data base.
As a prerequisite for material master data archive,
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you can delete and archive a material master at any level.
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Best regards,
Iván.

archiving with transaction SARA for object MM_MATNR is the only way to delete material master from a production system.
This is a process that requires customizing, and usually a archiving strategy.
you an only archive materials that do not have quantities in any period of current year and in previous year.
Further you can only archive materials that have to reference in other documents such as bill of material, purchase orders , sales orders, deliveries, source lists, info records ........
if the material has references, then you have to archive those objects first.
the sequence can be obtained in SARA. enter object MM_MATNR then click the network button

Is it possible to delete the materials completely

HI Experts,
we have some 2 materials which we are not using and physically we dont have those materials in plant. the only thins is we have these two materials are showing in

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Firstly Falg for deletion through MM60, after this you have to archive the material master through MMDE...
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1) Flag material for deletion. transaction MM06
2) Run report MMREO001 - Selection of materials flagged for deletion and select the material
3) Run report MMREO050 Archive Materials to archive the material (some customisig settings might be required)
4) Run report MMREO110 Deletion Program for Archiving Materials to delete the material from the database.
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sapmmconult wrote:
Dear All,
>
> I want to delete/archive materials with status absolete.
> so if i flag them for deletion then all these materials will not appear in R/3 or B/W Reporting?
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>
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>
> Thanks in advance,
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