Understanding Driver Balances Purge

Purges are programs that have predefined criteria that the system checks before removing any data so that you avoid removing associated data that is located in other files.

Purging data consists of:

• Specifying the information to delete.

• Running the purge program.

You can use the Driver Balances Purge (R1632P) to purge data from the Driver Balances table (F1632). You can clear information completely; or you can clear only specific periods, ledger types, or fiscal years. You might run this process periodically to improve system performance. You can also use the purge process to re-post transactions to a driver of the specifications if the driver calculations have changed or if the driver contains errors. After the records are purged, you can correct the driver definition and process the driver calculation again.

If you leave the processing option for period number blank, you must specify a fiscal year to purge the driver balances for an entire year. If you do not indicate either a fiscal period or fiscal year, the system does not purge balance information.