18 Object Erasure Support

To support data privacy concerns, the product now supports erasure functionality for master objects. This allows for removal of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from the product whilst respecting business rules.

Note:

This capability is restricted to be used with master data. Transaction data is supported for erasure using Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

Object Erasure Configuration

The Object Erasure functionality provides an ability to define the following for erasure:

• An Object Erasure Maintenance Object (F1-OBJERSCH) that can be used to map the reassure of the object. This maintenance object should be used as a basis for the Business Object to describe the storage of the Object Erasure information for individual objects.
• A maintenance object algorithm to Maintain Object Erasure Schedule to define the rules and retention for the object, including any obfuscation rules.
• A generic Batch Control (F1-OESMN) that can be used to implement the erasure or obfuscation rules in batch.

Refer to The Approach to Implementing Object Erasure section of the online documentation for more information about the process for configuring Object Erasure.