A Brief Overview of SAP Retention

Though SAP retention commonly involves retaining legal data for tax audits, SAP retention tools are also used for data archiving purposes.

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SAP Retention Basics

The term “SAP retention” refers to the need for SAP users to retain data for various compliance purposes. For example, a company may be required to retain tax related data for tax audit purposes.

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