SAP - Material - Archiving - Metodo Simples PDF

Material Master Archiving in
Simple Method
Applies to:
This article is applicable for SAP MM Module of SAP Version SAP 4.7 till SAP ECC 6.0
Summary
This article describes a process called Material Master Archiving in simple method. It is very simple and
minimum time consumption process for Material archiving.
Author: C.Venkatesh Kumar

Company: Accenture
Created on: 23 June 2010
Author Bio
Venkatesh Kumar is working as a Materials Management consultant for Accenture services
Pvt.Ltd. His area of interests is SAP Workflow and Country India Version.
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Material Master Archiving in Simple Method
Table of Contents
Prerequisite ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Overview ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Purpose............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Material Master Archiving Settings ..................................................................................................................... 3
Flag Material for Deletion ................................................................................................................................ 3
Selection of Materials Flagged for Deletion .................................................................................................... 5
Archive Materials ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Deletion Program for Archiving Materials ....................................................................................................... 9
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 13
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Prerequisite
The Knowledge of SAP MM and program names are required to make use of this document in real practice.
Overview
For a material master record to be deleted by the archive and delete program, it must be flagged for deletion.
All the information your company needs to manage a material is stored in a data record in the material
master, sorted by various different criteria. When a material is no longer required in a company or plant, you
can archive and delete the material master record.
Purpose
The aim of the document is to provide an understanding of the Simple method for Material Master archiving
in SAP Materials Management.
If you created a material by error and you want to delete that material from the data base you can do it in
simple 4 steps. The only condition is that the material has to have no material movement recorded. All the
documents are closed to the particular material at the time only we can able to delete that material otherwise
it will not allow deleting for the material.
Material Master Archiving Settings

Flag Material for Deletion
Flag Material for deletion in MM06 transaction. In this transaction give the material number alone.
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Select the Material Check box and system automatically activate all the check boxes.
Press Save Icon
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Selection of Materials Flagged for Deletion

Go to SE38 Transaction code and give the program name MMREO001
Execute the Program or Press F8

After Execution of the program give the material number and activate the select via status table check box
deactivate Display without description and create output file check boxes.
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Remember the material has to have no material movement recorded like no open PR, PO, Production order,
Reservation, Stock etc.
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Archive Materials
Give the material number and activate the Test mode check box and execute it.
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In test mode there is no error
Remove the Test mode check box and execute it.
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Deletion Program for Archiving Materials

Execute the Program or Press F8 Select the test mode check box and execute it.
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Select first check box and continue
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We can able to find the material up to test run of the deletion program
Remove the Test mode check box and execute
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Press ok
Once the program is executed we will get a below message
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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces and therefore is not
supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can be overwritten during an upgrade.
SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods suggested in this document,
and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.
SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of this technical article or
code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content within this document and the materials and
services offered by SAP. You agree that you will not hold, or seek to hold, SAP responsible or liable with respect to the content of this
document.
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Material Master Archiving Settings

Press Save Icon

Selection of Materials Flagged for Deletion

Execute the Program or Press F8

Execute the Program or Press F8

Execute the Program or Press F8

In test mode there is no error

Remove the Test mode check box and execute it.

Deletion Program for Archiving Materials

Select first check box and continue

Remove the Test mode check box and execute

Once the program is executed we will get a below message

Disclaimer and Liability Notice

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