What is I_CAPeriodCode in SAP S/4HANA?

I_CAPeriodCode is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Period Key It contains 2 fields.

Which tables does I_CAPeriodCode read from?

I_CAPeriodCode reads data from: tfk001p.

What VDM layer is I_CAPeriodCode?

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

I_CAPeriodCode

DDL: I_CAPERIODCODE Type: view_entity BASIC

2 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations 1 OData Services

Period Key

I_CAPeriodCode (Basic)

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Contract Accounting Period Code · Contract Accounting

I_CAPeriodCode is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Period Key" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (tfk001p) and exposes 2 fields with key field CAPeriodCode. It has 1 association to related views. It is exposed through 1 OData service (UI_CADOCUMENT_MNG).

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Configuration Data
Data Category	Dimension

Purpose
This CDS view retrieves period codes that define a period description. Example First Quarter , January , 1/1 - 2/15 This CDS view provides the data to answer the business question: Which period code values are available in the system? To help you decide which CDS view to use for your purposes, SAP has introduced the annotation ObjectModel.supportedCapabilities that indicates the most appropriate use cases for each CDS view. To find out what use cases are best supported by this CDS view, access the entry of the CDS view in the View Browser app and find the values for this annotation under the Annotation tab. For more information, see Supported Capabilities for CDS Views .

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State	C1
Line of Business	Contract Accounting
Application Component	FI-CA
Capabilities	Analytical Dimension, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Data Extraction
Package	Contract Accounting for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view retrieves period codes that define a period description.</p> Example <p>First Quarter, January, 1/1 - 2/15</p> <p>This CDS view provides the data to answer the business question: Which period code values are available in the system?</p> <p>To help you decide which CDS view to use for your purposes, SAP has introduced the annotation ObjectModel.supportedCapabilities that indicates the most appropriate use cases for each CDS view. To find out what use cases are best supported by this CDS view, access the entry of the CDS view in the View Browser app and find the values for this annotation under the Annotation tab. For more information, see Supported Capabilities for CDS Views.</p>

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
tfk001p	tfk001p	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..*]	I_CAPeriodCodeText	_Text	`$projection.CAPeriodCode = _Text.CAPeriodCode`

Annotations (12)

Name	Value	Level
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
EndUserText.label	Period Key	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#ANALYTICAL_DIMENSION	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	CAPeriodCode	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	ContrAcctgPeriodCode	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view

OData Services (1)

Service	Binding	Version	Contract	Release
UI_CADOCUMENT_MNG	UI_CADOCUMENT_MNG	V4	C1	NOT_RELEASED

Fields (2)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	CAPeriodCode		persl	Key for Period Assignment
	_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_CAPeriodCode.
-- 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.

CREATE VIEW I_CAPeriodCode AS
SELECT
  persl AS CAPeriodCode
FROM tfk001p
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CAPeriodCodeText AS _Text ON CAPeriodCode = _Text.CAPeriodCode  -- association [0..*]
;

Depth:

I_CAPeriodCode view_entity

tfk001p

C_CAPeriodCodeValueHelp view