What is I_BusinessPartnerType in SAP S/4HANA?

I_BusinessPartnerType is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Business Partner Types It contains 2 fields.

Which tables does I_BusinessPartnerType read from?

I_BusinessPartnerType reads data from: tb004.

What VDM layer is I_BusinessPartnerType?

I_BusinessPartnerType is classified as a Basic (interface) view providing a 1:1 representation of a database table.

I_BusinessPartnerType

DDL: I_BUSINESSPARTNERTYPE SQL: BUPA_TYPE Type: view BASIC

2 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations

Business Partner Types

I_BusinessPartnerType (Basic)

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BusinessPartnerType · Database & Data Management

I_BusinessPartnerType is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Business Partner Types" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (tb004) and exposes 2 fields with key field BusinessPartnerType. It has 1 association to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Business Partner

Purpose
This CDS view is designed to provide information about different kinds of business partners within a system. It retrieves the data and associates it with text descriptions from the I_BusinessPartnerTypeText view. This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: What are the different kinds of business partners defined in the system? For example, manager, broker, or director. How can I retrieve the text descriptions associated with each business partner kind for better understanding and reporting? How can I ensure consistency in the kinds of business partner across different applications or reports?

Prerequisites
Authorizations Users who want to use this CDS view don't need any special authorization.

Structure
Important Fields Important fields in this view include the following: Field Name Description BusinessPartnerType User-defined attribute that allows to specify different kinds of business partners within the business partner categories.

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SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Database & Data Management
Application Component	AP-MD-BP-RAP
Capabilities	Data Source for Data Extraction, Analytical Dimension, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities
Package	Database & Data Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
tb004	tb004	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..*]	I_BusinessPartnerTypeText	_Text	`$projection.BusinessPartnerType = _Text.BusinessPartnerType`

Annotations (19)

Name	Value	Level
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	BUPA_TYPE	view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter	true	view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey	true	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
VDM.lifecycle.contract.type	#PUBLIC_LOCAL_API	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#X	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.resultSet.sizeCategory	#XS	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	BusinessPartnerType	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#ANALYTICAL_DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.internalName	#LOCAL	view
EndUserText.label	Business Partner Types	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	BusinessPartnerType	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view

Fields (2)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	BusinessPartnerType		bpkind	Business Partner Type
	_Text		_Text

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 I_BusinessPartnerType.
-- 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: BUPA_TYPE

CREATE VIEW I_BusinessPartnerType AS
SELECT
  bpkind AS BusinessPartnerType
FROM tb004
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_BusinessPartnerTypeText AS _Text ON BusinessPartnerType = _Text.BusinessPartnerType  -- association [0..*]
;

Depth:

I_BusinessPartnerType view

tb004