No tools for archiving CEA if you go exclusively with SSA OSG as your supplier. Different story if you reach out to 3rd party outfits.
You might check BPCS-L discussion archives for BPCS archiving 
products.  There are SEVERAL companies that can archive old BPCS file 
contents in separate library.  The one I am familiar with is UPI, but there 
are others.  You have your data, you can access it using BPCS software.  I 
not know impact on BPCS conversion.  You might have to
(a) use old version of BPCS to access old archives
(b) lease more powerful iSeries box to actually convert the files, assuming SSA license for the other box is affordable
(c) convert current stuff right away, convert archives some other weekend

There are also alternatives to SSA conversion. The one I familiar with is from BPCS on S/36 to BPCS V4 on AS/400.
Al Macintyre
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We are converting from 6.1.2 to 8.2 -- test conversion took too long. IT is looking at reducing some records so conversion goes faster.
Among other items - they are asking us to reduce our GL files.  Accounting 
of course does not want to give anything up.  Trying to find a middle of 
the road.  I have inquired to SSA.  Basically no tools for archiving CEA 
in our version, but 8.2 does have tools and even the option of purging the 
detail and leaving the balances - so multi-year trends/comparison would 
still work.  One file is much larger than all the rest: GXR - Journal 
Entry Cross reference.  From what I've been able to gather this only comes 
into play as you continue to drill down in Account Inquiry.  Is this true 
from your experience?  We have most of the details to cross reference 
pulled in with the model lines/detail/analysis fields - so we nearly never 
drill down that far.   Can you think of any impacts - good bad or other 
wise if we were to reduce this one table GXR and leave the rest of the Gxx 
tables alone?
Wendy Bunch
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