Deleting unused master data

Question

Hi All,
We want to delete unused master data. In our case, we need to delete material numbers from infoobject ZVD_MAT that is no longer used.
There is standard SAP program RSDMD_DEL_BACKGROUND to perform this activity.
But the problem is there is huge amount of data in ZVD_MAT and the above program will not give us any information of the material numbers that are deleted.
By using this program, it might happen that new material numbers which are required are deleted. In this case, it will be difficult to refresh ZVD_MAT for those new material numbers.
Can anyone suggest if there is any other way or programs/transactions to check the deleted materials?

Answer 1

Hi,
Try using the program
RSDMDD_DELETE_BATCH
Selective Deletion Using the Report
       1.      Enter report RSDMDD_DELETE_BATCH in ABAP Editor (transaction SE38) and create a variant for it.
       2.      Execute the variant.
       3.      Enter the InfoObject whose master data you want to delete.
       4.      In Filter Data, you can specify which data you want to delete.
       5.      You can specify a deletion mode for the data (parameter P_SMODE).
More information: Deleting Attributes and Texts for a Characteristic
       6.      You can simulate the report before running it (parameter P_SIMUL).
       7.      You can schedule the report in the background. If you want to clear up your master data at regular intervals, you can also integrate the report into a process chain using process type ABAP Program
or you can use function module as well
Check if the function module RSDMD_DEL_MASTER_DATA
Couple of import parameters:
I_IOBJNM -
Give info object name
I_T_CHAVL---Characteristic values
I_FLG_FORCE_DELETE-- to force delete
Use I_FLG_SIMULATION to simulate first and then delete
Thanks and regards
Kiran