Where do PDF attachments get saved to?

[Former Member]

Hello,

I asked this question originally on ABAP-General forum but didn't receive a response so I thought maybe this forum is a better place to ask. Here we go:

Our developers use the FB02 transaction code and after entering a document number and company code they click on the "Services for Object" button>Create>Create Attachment and then attach a .PDF file to the invoice and save.

Now, I have a couple of questions regarding how this works in the background:

1) It looks like a reference of some sort for each of these attachments is saved in table(s) SRGBTBREL and/or SOFFCONT1. However, I cannot tell if it is a "link" to the actual attachment that is saved in these tables or is it the actual attachment itself, just converted to a raw binary data format -- stored in the database?

2) If the .PDF attachment(s) are saved in the database itself -- is it possible to NOT save them in the database directly but instead create a reference link for each attachment which would pull the actual .PDF file from a "file server"?

You see my problem is that I do not want my database to grow exponentially due to saving these .PDF attachments on the database server....is there a way to get around this and make sure that the .PDF files are kept on a file server -- not on the database?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

[Former Member]

Hi Ugur,

To my knowledge in SAP there will one concept called DMS (Document Management Service)

if you can go through that you will get your answer. And if you dont want to overload your

system with document then have a third party system which manages the Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

like Open text (Previously it is know as IXOS).

Hope you got your answer.

Cheers!!

VEnk@