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Archiving The Material Master
Archiving The Material Master
Transaction SARA contains all the SAP archiving objects for all the SAP R/3 applications modules. All
the SAP archive functions are shown in SARA. Choose the corresponding SAP archive object, hit enter
and the archive administration menu will be shown. Provided here will be an example on how to
archive the SAP Material Master.
Archive a Material Master Record
When a material is no longer required in a company or plant, you can archive and delete the material
master record.
You have to Flag the material master record for deletion. This is known as logical deletion.
Before a material master record can be archived and deleted, other objects (such as purchasing
documents) that refer to this material must themselves be archived. You can see which objects these are
and the dependencies between them in the network graphic.
If a material master record cannot be archived and deleted at a given organizational level, the reason is
given in the log (for example, a purchase order exists for the material). The log also contains technical
data such as the number of material master records read and the number deleted.
Some of the archive error log message :-