Data Archiving and De-Archiving in a Business Environment

A data processing system for archiving and dearchiving data in a business environment, the data processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising,
• a specification module configured to obtain an archive specification associated with an archive repository, based on a metadata configuration of a source database, wherein the source database stores transaction information to be archived;
• a transformation module configured to generate an archive mapping based on the archive specification and the metadata configuration;
• and
• a synchronization module configured to,
• determine whether the metadata configuration is updated;
• and
• revise the archive mapping based on the updated metadata configuration, wherein the archive mapping is implemented for archiving the transaction information in the archive repository.

A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method for data archiving and dearchiving in a business environment, the method comprising:

• obtaining metadata configuration associated with a source database storing transaction information, the transaction information being related to a business transaction;
• generating an archive specification based on the metadata configuration, wherein the archive specification comprises archive-specific metadata;
• correlating the metadata configuration with the archive specification;
• configuring an archive mapping based on the archive specification, the metadata configuration, and the correlation;
• and
• synchronizing the archive mapping with an update in one of the metadata configuration, wherein the archive mapping is implemented for archiving the transaction information.