Archiving CO Objects

[Former Member]

Hi all:

I really require some information relating to what 'areas' are affected if we were to archive the objects from a user perspective.

The objects are as follows:

COEP (object type REO)

CO-PA Reconciliation records

I'm looking to find information around what effects archiving such objects has on other documents and other areas i.e. PA.

Any help much appreciated.

Regards,

James

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Please refer to the online help:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60/helpdata/en/8d/3e55ec462a11d189000000e8323d3a/content.htm

following is some content, that can explain your question

The Object Types

When archiving data from cost accounting tables (e.g. COEP), it is advisable to run an analysis of the object types used. You will find the object type coded in the first two characters of the object number. You will find the object number in the OBJNR field, the object type, for example, in COEP-OBJNR(2). You will find the translation of these two characters to a short text in table TBO01. Analysis programs, such as RARCCOA1 or RARCCOA2, compare the different object numbers with the number of corresponding entries.

In addition to the usual cost accounting object types, such as cost centers (CTR, CC) or orders (ORD, OR), the "reconciliation object" (REC, RO) often appears here. Often a considerable number of the table entries consist of such reconciliation objects. You can use the archiving object CO_ITEM to archive reconciliation object line items. To be able to decide whether these line items are to be archived you must first know how these reconciliation objects and their line items arise and what they are needed for.

The creation and use of reconciliation objects is different to that of reconciliation object types. You will find the latter in table ONRAO in the AOTYP field. There are four different reconciliation object types:

§ 01: profitability analysis

§ 02: operations planning

§ 03: long-term planning

§ 04: financial data (CO)

It is mostly the reconciliation objects of type 01 (profitability analysis) that contribute to the data volume (in table COEP). Types 02 (operations planning) and 03 (long-term planning) only contain planning data. In other words, they do not affect table COEP. Type 04 (financial data CO) is only of historical significance and does not carry data to any cost accounting tables.