What is I_CustomerToBusinessPartner in SAP S/4HANA?

I_CustomerToBusinessPartner is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Customer to BusinessPartner Relationship It contains 4 fields.

Which tables does I_CustomerToBusinessPartner read from?

I_CustomerToBusinessPartner reads data from: cvi_cust_link.

What VDM layer is I_CustomerToBusinessPartner?

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

I_CustomerToBusinessPartner

DDL: I_CUSTOMERTOBUSINESSPARTNER SQL: ICVICUSTLINK Type: view BASIC

4 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations

Customer to BusinessPartner Relationship

I_CustomerToBusinessPartner (Basic)

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CustomerBusinessPartner · Database & Data Management

I_CustomerToBusinessPartner is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Customer to BusinessPartner Relationship" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (cvi_cust_link) and exposes 4 fields with key field BusinessPartnerUUID. It has 2 associations to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Business Partner
Data Category	Dimension
Status	Released
Corresponding DataSource	ICVICUSTLINK

Purpose
This CDS view retrieves data related to business partner relationship.

Structure
Object types This view relates to the following SAP object types: Customer Main CDS parameters and filters Measures and attributes Some important measures and attributes are: Business Partner UUID Customer

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SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Database & Data Management
Application Component	LO-MD-BP
Capabilities	Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Analytical Dimension, Data Source for Data Extraction
Package	Database & Data Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view retrieves data related to business partner relationship. </p>

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
cvi_cust_link	cvi_cust_link	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[1..1]	I_BusinessPartner	_BusinessPartner	`$projection.BusinessPartnerUUID = _BusinessPartner.BusinessPartnerUUID`
[1..1]	I_Customer	_Customer	`$projection.Customer = _Customer.Customer`

Annotations (18)

Name	Value	Level
EndUserText.label	Customer to BusinessPartner Relationship	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.delta.changeDataCapture.automatic	true	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#CHECK	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	BusinessPartnerUUID	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	ICVICUSTLINK	view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey	true	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#ANALYTICAL_DIMENSION	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#B	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#XL	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
AccessControl.personalData.blocking	#REQUIRED	view
AccessControl.personalData.blockingIndicator	IsBusinessPurposeCompleted	view
Metadata.allowExtensions	true	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view

Fields (4)

Key	Field	Source Field	Description
KEY	BusinessPartnerUUID	partner_guid	Business Partner GUID
	Customer	customer	Customer Number
	_Customer	_Customer
	_BusinessPartner	_BusinessPartner

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_CustomerToBusinessPartner.
-- 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: ICVICUSTLINK

CREATE VIEW I_CustomerToBusinessPartner AS
SELECT
  partner_guid AS BusinessPartnerUUID,
  Customer
FROM cvi_cust_link
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_BusinessPartner AS _BusinessPartner ON BusinessPartnerUUID = _BusinessPartner.BusinessPartnerUUID  -- association [1..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Customer AS _Customer ON Customer = _Customer.Customer  -- association [1..1]
;

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I_CustomerToBusinessPartner view

cvi_cust_link