Archiving: Info-structures and field catalogues

[Former Member]

Hi there.

My question concerns the field catalogues which are used to configure info-structures for archiving objects.

As far as I understand it, I can only run reports via the Archive Explorer on the fields which I have included in the info-structure for an archiving object - is this correct? Or can I only use the fields in the info-structure for <u>selection</u>, but <u>display all</u> fields available in the archive-object?

As a last question: Can I create field catalogues with theoretically <u>all</u> of the available fields of an archiving object?

Thank you very much.

Andreas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Andreas,

The fields that are transferred from the field catalog into the infostructure are used to assist with selecting the relevant archived data. The infostructure will contain the fields that have been transferred, plus the archive file name and the offset of where the archived data is stored. This gives you access to all of the data that was archived.

Technically, you can create a field catalog and relevant infostructure with all of the available fields, but I would not recommend that approach. The infostructure is a table in the database. So, the more fields that are used, the bigger this table will become and may defeat the purpose of archiving the data in the first place :-).

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Karin Tillotson

Message was edited by: Karin Tillotson