Content server - using RSIRPIRL - how to find PHIO classes?

Question

Hi all
I'm just trying to clarify how to go about tidying up our SOFFCONT1 and BDS_CONT1 tables by migrating documents from the database to a Content Server.
Apparently Content Server is set up (via OAC0) and 'new' documents/attachments are successfully being stored in Content Server rather than the database.
But historically this was not so, and we have a huge amount of documents stored at DB level.
I've read note "1634908 - Reduce the size of table SOFFCONT1" and "389366 - Relocation of documents" and plan to use report RSIRPIRL to do this.
It looks like PHIO class SOFFPHIO should be used for the SOFFCONT1 entries and "All classes which start with BDS_P" for the BDS side; but you can't enter BDS_P* in the report and I can't find a list of PHIO classes anywhere - anyone have any ideas?
Also, I've been told that dependant on the type of document, they should go to a different repository - for example, billing documents should go to a different repository. Is this possible? There's the 'Document Area' selection but I don't think you can specify this here?
Some notes/posts about this process also mention transaction SKPR08 - how does this fit in here? The application consultant who has set up Content Server hadn't come across it and didn't have access to run it either - is it relevant in this case?
Is there any way of knowing how many documents there are (and their size) to be migrated? I can count the number of rows returned by RSIRPIRL in test mode but this gives me no idea of size. As there's a huge volume (the tables are about 200GB each) we need to ensure there is sufficient space in the Repository.
Please bear in mind that I have a SAP Basis background rather than a Functional one so I'm struggling to understand this process fully and what all the different document types and classes etc mean.
Thanks
Ross

Answer 1

Ok I've got my head around some of this...
It seems OAC0 is used to create a Repository, say, ZH, with a Document Area, say, ARCHLINK.
OAC3 is used to map a Document Type, say, EDXORDPDFS (purchase order PDF), to a Repository, say, ZH.
OACT is used to map a Category, say, ZSOFFHTTP, to a Repository, say, ZH (and it's Document Area, ARCHLINK).
SKPR08 seems to be used to map a Class, say SOFFPHIO, to a Category, say, SZOFFHTTP.
So...
It looks like currently OAC0 and OAC3 are used successfully to store 'new' documents in a Repository (Content Server).
If I want to move 'old' documents to a different Repository (i.e. Content Server) then I use report RSIRPIRL which requires the following input:
Document Area (believe this can be left blank)
PHIO Class (for example, SOFFPHIO)
Source Category (for example, SOFFDB)
to move to:
Target Category (for example, SZOFFHTTP)
I.e. for my purposes - i.e. wishing to move things out of table SOFFCONT1 (and BDS_CONT1) - I just need to use report RSIRPIRL and to know the PHIO Class, Source & Target Categories.
It seems that the PHIO Class I want for SOFFCONT1 entries is SOFFPHIO, but I still need to know what to use for BDS docs.
It seems that the Source Category for SOFFCONT1 entries is SOFFDB, but again, I still don't know what it is for BDS docs.
Target Category will be the relevant Category that's mapped in OACT to the Repository we want to use.
I believe I don't need to use SKPR08 as I don't need to map any Classes to any Categories (report RSIRPIRL will move the Class I enter to the Category I enter).
I believe there is no way I can use RSIRPIRL to move particular Document Types (i.e. purchase order) to different Repositories - it's done at a 'higher level' i.e. by Class, not Document Type.
Right??
Still struggling to understand the differences/purposes of Document Type, Category and Class though!!