Archiving Vs. Deleting Workitems

[Susan R. Keohan]

Hi Alan, et al,
 
The next ASUG conference will be May 20 - 23 in Miami, Florida.  The
Workflow Track will consist of 11 session (we did not have time for any
more !) and I think attendees will find these sessions highly informative.
For those who have not attended an ASUG conference, this is one of your
best chances to meet and learn from experts in many SAP-related areas.  The
goal of the ASUG group is 'Educating, Networking, and Influencing', and we
strive to provide multiple opportunities for all three goals.
 
For more info on the conference, or the Workflow Track, go to www.asug.com
and follow the links for Conference Info.  Registration and housing forms
are online for your convenience.
 
Regards,
Sue
 
At 10:07 AM 3/1/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Absolutely!
>And once again a reminder that there was excellent ASUG presentation with
>screencams from not just one but FOUR of our most highly respected
>consultants. You can find this on www.ASUG.com (ASUG members) or the SAP
>service portal (http://service.sap.com/webflow media-> partner
>presentations).
>It's tough for you and your company that you missed the excellent Q&A
>section afterwards.
>
>Anyone know the dates for the next ASUG conference ;-)
>
>I don't have the Note number in my head but if you search the application
>area "BC-BMT-WFM" for "storage" or "archive" you'll find a note describing
>how to calculate the work item table space.
>
>Alan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Quenzer, Kenneth [mailto:QuenzeKD at oge.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:57 PM
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: Archiving Vs. Deleting Workitems
>
>
>Hi,
>
>>From my experience there are three good reasons to use the archive system
>instead of the deletion programs:
>1. Deleting the workitems via the archive system runs faster than the
>deletion programs rswwwide and rswwhide.  This is very important to us
>because we delete several hundred thousand workitems each week.
>2. Using the archiving system insures that you are only deleting workitems
>that have been completed or cancelled and that are not part of a
>higher-level workflow that is still "in process".
>3. The corresponding workitem history is deleted which is difficult to do
>with the rswwhide program.
>
>There are some OSS notes regarding workitem archiving and deleting which
>should also be helpful.
>
>Regards,
>Kenny Quenzer
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd Walter [mailto:toddwalter at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:17 PM
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Archiving Vs. Deleting Workitems
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I was wondering what benefit you get out of archiving workitems vs. just
>using the deletion programs to get rid of them.  Since you cannot ever get
>the data back and the only reporting functionality that I can find is a list
>of workitem ID's that get deleted, what benefit is archiving?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Todd
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