What is I_ClfnCharcDescDEX in SAP S/4HANA?

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Description of Clfn Characteristic DEX It contains 10 fields.

Which tables does I_ClfnCharcDescDEX read from?

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX reads data from: I_ClfnCharcDesc.

What VDM layer is I_ClfnCharcDescDEX?

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

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX

DDL: I_CLFNCHARCDESCDEX Type: view_entity BASIC

10 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations

Description of Clfn Characteristic DEX

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX (Basic)

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R&D Engineering

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Description of Clfn Characteristic DEX" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (I_ClfnCharcDesc) and exposes 10 fields with key fields CharcInternalID, Language, ValidityEndDate. It has 2 associations to related views.

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State	C1
Line of Business	R&D Engineering
Application Component	CA-CL
Capabilities	Language-Dependent Text, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source for Data Extraction, Data Source in SQL Select
Package	R&D Engineering for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
I_ClfnCharcDesc	CharcDesc	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..1]	I_Language	_Language	`$projection.Language = _Language.Language`
[1..1]	I_ClfnCharacteristicDEX	_Characteristic	`$projection.CharcInternalID = _Characteristic.CharcInternalID and $projection.ValidityStartDate <= _Characteristic.ValidityEndDate and $projection.ValidityEndDate >= _Characteristic.ValidityStartDate`

Annotations (13)

Name	Value	Level
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#MANDATORY	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.delta.changeDataCapture.automatic	true	view
EndUserText.label	Description of Clfn Characteristic DEX	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.dataCategory	#TEXT	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#LANGUAGE_DEPENDENT_TEXT	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	CharcInternalID	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#M	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
VDM.lifecycle.contract.type	#PUBLIC_LOCAL_API	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view

Fields (10)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	CharcInternalID	I_ClfnCharcDesc	CharcInternalID	Characteristic Internal ID
KEY	Language	I_ClfnCharcDesc	Language	Report Text Language
KEY	ValidityEndDate	I_ClfnCharcDesc	ValidityEndDate	Valid-to date
	TimeIntervalNumber	I_ClfnCharcDesc	TimeIntervalNumber	Internal Counter for Archiving Objects by ECM
	ChangeNumber	I_ClfnCharcDesc	ChangeNumber	Change Number
	CharcDescription	I_ClfnCharcDesc	CharcDescription	Characteristic Description
	ValidityStartDate	I_ClfnCharcDesc	ValidityStartDate	Validity Start Date
	IsDeleted	I_ClfnCharcDesc	IsDeleted	Deletion Indicator
	_Language		_Language
	_Characteristic		_Characteristic

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_ClfnCharcDescDEX.
-- 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_ClfnCharcDescDEX AS
SELECT
  CharcDesc.CharcInternalID AS CharcInternalID,
  CharcDesc.Language AS Language,
  CharcDesc.ValidityEndDate AS ValidityEndDate,
  CharcDesc.TimeIntervalNumber AS TimeIntervalNumber,
  CharcDesc.ChangeNumber AS ChangeNumber,
  CharcDesc.CharcDescription AS CharcDescription,
  CharcDesc.ValidityStartDate AS ValidityStartDate,
  CharcDesc.IsDeleted AS IsDeleted
FROM I_ClfnCharcDesc AS CharcDesc
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Language AS _Language ON Language = _Language.Language  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_ClfnCharacteristicDEX AS _Characteristic ON CharcInternalID = _Characteristic.CharcInternalID AND ValidityStartDate <= _Characteristic.ValidityEndDate AND ValidityEndDate >= _Characteristic.ValidityStartDate  -- association [1..1]
;

Depth:

I_ClfnCharcDescDEX view_entity

I_ClfnCharcDesc view