Understanding Archive Objects Definitions, Query Definitions, and Template Definitions

PeopleSoft Expenses delivers archive object definitions, query definitions, and template definitions to archive:

  • Travel authorization transaction data.

  • Travel authorization approval data.

  • Cash advance transaction data.

  • Cash advance approval data.

  • Expense transaction data.

  • Expense approval data.

  • Time report transaction data.

  • Time report approval data.

  • DCAA audit transaction data.

  • Time report project resource data.

  • My Wallet data.

  • Account entry data.

  • Approval history data.

You can modify them if needed using the Data Archive Manager. You can also use the Data Archive Manager to create your own archive object definitions, query definitions, and template definitions to archive other types of data.

Archive Object Definitions

An archive object definition identifies the tables that contain the data to be archived and the history tables that will be updated for each table. PeopleSoft Expenses delivers these archive objects:

Data Type

Archive Object

Travel authorization transaction data

EX_TRAVELAUTH

Travel authorization approval data

EX_TRAVELAUTH_APPR_DATA

Cash advance transaction data

EX_EXADVANCE

Cash advance approval data

EX_EXADVANCE_APPR_DATA

Expense report transaction data

EX_EXSHEET

Expense report approval data

EX_EXSHEET_APPR_DATA

Time report transaction data

EX_TIMEREPORT

Time report approval data

EX_TIMEREPORT_APPR_DATA

DCAA audit transaction data

EX_AUDIT_DCAA

Time report project resource data

EX_TIME_PRJ_RESOURCE

My Wallet transaction data

EX_MYWALLET

My Wallet enhanced data

EX_MYWALLET_ENHC

EX_MYWALLET_ENHCAMX (for American Express)

Accounting line data

EX_ACCOUNTING

Approval history data

EX_APPROVAL_HIST

Archive Query Definitions

Each archive query definition defines the selection criteria to archive data from transaction tables. PeopleSoft Expenses delivers these archive queries:

Data Type

Archive Query

Travel authorization transaction data

EX_TAUTH_ARCH

Travel authorization approval data

EX_TAUTH_APPR_DATA_ARCH

Cash advance transaction data

EX_ADV_ARCH

Cash advance approval data

EX_ADV_APPR_DATA_ARCH

Expense report transaction data

  • EX_EXSHT_ARCH

  • EX_EXSHT_ARCH_NONBILLABLE

Expense report approval data

EX_EXSHT_APPR_DATA_ARCH

Time report transaction data

EX_TIME_ARCH

Time report approval data

EX_TIME_APPR_DATA_ARCH

DCAA audit transaction data

EX_AUDIT_DCAA_ARCH

Time report project resource data

EX_TIME_PRJRES_ARCH

My Wallet transaction data

EX_MYWALLET_ARCH

Accounting line data

EX_ACCTG_ARCH

Approval history data

EX_APPROVAL_HIST_ARCH

Review these queries to determine whether you want to add additional selection criteria for the transactions to be archived.

Archive Template Definitions

When you archive data, you select an archive template definition. Each archive template definition includes one or more archive object definitions and the archive query definitions used to select the data. PeopleSoft Expenses delivers these archive templates:

Data Type

Archive Template

Travel authorization transaction data

EX_TAUTH

Travel authorization approval data

EX_TA_AD

Cash advance transaction data

EX_EXADV

Cash advance approval data

EX_CA_AD

Expense report transaction data

EX_EXSHT

Expense report approval data

EX_ER_AD

Time report transaction data

EX_TIME

Time report approval data

EX_TR_AD

DCAA audit transaction data

EX_DCAA

Time report project resource data

EX_PRJRS

My Wallet data

EX_MYWAL

Accounting line data

EX_ACCTG

Approval history data

EX_APPR