SAP MM: Deleting an using SAP MM Purchasing Info Records

You cannot delete obsolete info records immediately. You can only flag them for subsequent deletion.
Info records earmarked for deletion in this way are not actually deleted until the archiving program is run. This is done at regular intervals by your system administrator.

You can flag an individual info record for deletion, or create a list of deletion proposals and choose the relevant records that are to be deleted from this list.

Deleting an Individual Info Record

Choose Master data

Info record ® Flag for deletion.

Enter the info record and press

ENTER

Specify whether you wish to delete the complete info record or the purchasing organization data (if such data exists).

Save your data.

Deleting Several Info Records

Choose Master data

Info record

Follow-on functions

Deletion proposals.

Enter the criteria for the info records to be flagged for deletion.

You must narrow down the selection by specifying the date of the last purchasing document to access the info record, for example. All info records last accessed on or before this date will be proposed for deletion.

To generate the deletion proposals, choose Program

Execute

Select the info records to be flagged for deletion and choose Edit

Deletion flag.