Managing Archive Objects

Access the Manage Archive Objects page (PeopleTools, then Data Archive Manager, and then Manage Archive Objects).

Field or Control	Description
Archiving Record	Select the name of the record with the transactional data that you want to archive.
Base Record	Select this check box if the record that you select is the base record of this archive object. By definition, there can only be one base record per archive object.
History Record	Select the history record to which you want to archive the transactional data. You must first create the history record manually using Application Designer. An error message will appear if the history table has been defined incorrectly.

Archive by Data Partitioning

See Using Data Partitioning for Archiving.

Field or Control	Description
Partition Work Table	Specify the work table that holds the key values for the entire set of data to be archived, deleted, or rolled back when using the Data Partitioning option.
Partition Temp Table	Specify the temp table that holds the key values for the partitioned set of data, processed by each individually spawned PSARCHIVE process.

App Engine Configuration

Field or Control	Description
AE Library	The AE library is a placeholder that contains any optional logic to be run prior to populating the work table when using the Data Partitioning option. In addition, the Temp Table defined for the data partitioning will be associated with this AE library.
AE Section	Placeholder section that contains the optional logic to be run prior to work table population, if required.
Temp Table Instances	Specify the number of temp table instances. Ensure that the number of temp tables specified is twice the expected number of max concurrent AE Services that can be scheduled.
Generate App Engine	Click to generate the application engine library.
Update App Engine	Click to update the application engine library.
Delete App Engine	Click to delete the application engine.