DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS

DDL: DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS SQL: DDCDS_E_ELEM_V Type: view_entity

Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements

DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS is a CDS View that provides data about "Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 3 data sources (DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_LIST, dd02b, tadir) and exposes 13 fields with key fields entity_name, entity_state, element_name. It has 10 associations to related views.

Data Sources (3)

SourceAliasJoin Type
DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_LIST elements inner
dd02b stob from
tadir tadir inner

Associations (10)

CardinalityTargetAliasCondition
[0..1] ddddlsrc03nt _label_active _label_active.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language -- Element Label - English
[0..1] ddddlsrc03nt _label_active_en _label_active_en.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active_en.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active_en.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' -- Element Label - original language
[0..1] ddddlsrc03nt _label_active_orig _label_active_orig.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active_orig.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active_orig.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang -- Element Label - fallback
[0..1] ddfieldanno _label_active_fb _label_active_fb.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active_fb.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active_fb.name = 'ENDUSERTEXT.LABEL' -- Annotation 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT'
[0..1] ddfieldanno _aggregation_default _aggregation_default.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _aggregation_default.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _aggregation_default.name = 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT' -- Annotation 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE'
[0..1] ddfieldanno _currency_code _currency_code.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _currency_code.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _currency_code.name = 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE' -- Annotation 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE'
[0..1] ddfieldanno _release_status _release_status.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _release_status.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _release_status.name = 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE' -- Data Element label medium - Current Language
[0..1] dd04t _dte_label_active _dte_label_active.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language and _dte_label_active.as4vers = '0000' -- Data Element label medium - English Language
[0..1] dd04t _dte_label_active_en _dte_label_active_en.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active_en.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' and _dte_label_active_en.as4vers = '0000' -- Data Element label medium - Original Language
[0..1] dd04t _dte_label_active_orig _dte_label_active_orig.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active_orig.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang and _dte_label_active_orig.as4vers = '0000'

Annotations (2)

NameValueLevelField
AccessControl.authorizationCheck #NOT_REQUIRED view
EndUserText.label Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements view

Fields (13)

KeyFieldSource TableSource FieldDescription
KEY entity_name Entity Name Upper Case
KEY entity_state Entity State
KEY element_name Element Name
length Length
decimals Decimals
domain_name Domain Name
data_element Data Element
ref_field Reference Element
ref_table Reference Object
is_key Is Key
is_virtual Is Virtual
is_external Is Element from Extend
simple_type Simple Type

Derived SQL interpretation, reconstructed from the parsed view metadata (data sources, associations, and field mappings). SAP annotations are omitted and the structure is reformulated as SQL — this is a functional approximation, not the verbatim SAP source.

-- Derived SQL interpretation of CDS view DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS.
-- Reconstructed from parsed metadata (data sources, associations, fields).
-- SAP annotations are omitted and the structure is reformulated as SQL;
-- this is a functional approximation, not the verbatim SAP source. Some join
-- conditions may be unavailable and a few CDS constructs are kept as-is.
-- SQL view name: DDCDS_E_ELEM_V

CREATE VIEW DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS AS
SELECT
  cast(stob.strucobjn as abap.char(30)) AS entity_name,
  cast(stob.as4local as abap.char(1)) AS entity_state,
  cast(elements.fieldname as abap.char(30)) AS element_name,
  cast(elements.leng as abap.numc(6) ) AS length,
  cast(elements.decimals as abap.numc(6) ) AS decimals,
  cast(elements.domname as abap.char(30)) AS domain_name,
  cast(elements.rollname as abap.char(30)) AS data_element,
  cast(elements.reffield as abap.char(30)) AS ref_field,
  cast(elements.reftable as abap.char(30)) AS ref_table,
  cast(elements.keyflag as abap.char(1)) AS is_key,
  cast(elements.is_virtual as abap.char(1)) AS is_virtual,
  case when elements.fieldorigin = 'E' then 'X' else ' ' end AS is_external,
  cast(elements.simple_type as abap.char(30)) AS simple_type
FROM dd02b AS stob
INNER JOIN DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_LIST AS elements ON /* join condition not captured in parsed metadata */
INNER JOIN tadir ON /* join condition not captured in parsed metadata */
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active ON _label_active.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active_en ON _label_active_en.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active_en.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active_en.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active_orig ON _label_active_orig.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active_orig.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active_orig.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _label_active_fb ON _label_active_fb.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active_fb.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active_fb.name = 'ENDUSERTEXT.LABEL'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _aggregation_default ON _aggregation_default.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _aggregation_default.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _aggregation_default.name = 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _currency_code ON _currency_code.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _currency_code.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _currency_code.name = 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _release_status ON _release_status.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _release_status.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _release_status.name = 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active ON _dte_label_active.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language AND _dte_label_active.as4vers = '0000'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active_en ON _dte_label_active_en.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active_en.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' AND _dte_label_active_en.as4vers = '0000'  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active_orig ON _dte_label_active_orig.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active_orig.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang AND _dte_label_active_orig.as4vers = '0000'  -- association [0..1]
;