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Material Master Archiving - Simple Method
Material Master Archiving - Simple Method
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 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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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.
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Select the Material Check box and system automatically activate all the 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
Go to SE38 Transaction code and give the program name MMREO050
Give the material number and activate the Test mode check box and execute it.
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Execute the Program or Press F8 Select the test mode check box and execute it.
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We can able to find the material up to test run of the deletion program
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Press ok
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