What is I_UtilitiesRateCategory in SAP S/4HANA?

I_UtilitiesRateCategory is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Rate Category It contains 6 fields.

Which tables does I_UtilitiesRateCategory read from?

I_UtilitiesRateCategory reads data from: etta.

What VDM layer is I_UtilitiesRateCategory?

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

I_UtilitiesRateCategory

DDL: I_UTILITIESRATECATEGORY SQL: IERATECATEGORY Type: view BASIC

6 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations

Rate Category

I_UtilitiesRateCategory (Basic)

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UtilitiesRateCategory · Utilities

I_UtilitiesRateCategory is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Rate Category" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (etta) and exposes 6 fields with key field UtilitiesRateCategory. It has 2 associations to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	Billing
Data Category	Dimension
Status	C1

Purpose
This CDS view retrieves data for the general rate categories.

Prerequisites
Authorizations The following authorization objects are required to use this CDS view: E_RATE_CAT (Authorization to display rate category data)

Structure
Important fields in this view include the following: Field Name Description UtilitiesRateCategory Rate Category UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg Outsorting Check Group for Billing

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SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Utilities
Application Component	IS-U-BI
Capabilities	Data Source in SQL Select, Analytical Dimension, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source for Data Extraction
Package	Utilities for SAP S/4HANA
Description	<p>This CDS view retrieves data for the general rate categories.</p>

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
etta	etta	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..1]	I_UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg	_UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg	`$projection.UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg = _UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg.UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg`
[0..*]	I_UtilitiesRateCategoryText	_UtilitiesRateCategoryText	`$projection.UtilitiesRateCategory = _UtilitiesRateCategoryText.UtilitiesRateCategory`

Annotations (16)

Name	Value	Level
EndUserText.label	Rate Category	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IERATECATEGORY	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#MANDATORY	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#B	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#M	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	UtilitiesRateCategory	view
Metadata.allowExtensions	true	view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter	true	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#ANALYTICAL_DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	UtilitiesRateCategory	view

Fields (6)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	UtilitiesRateCategory	etta	tariftyp	Rate category
	UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg			Outsorting Check Group
	Division	etta	sparte	Insurance LOB
	UtilitiesBillingClass	etta	aklasse	Billing Class
	_UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg		_UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg
	_UtilitiesRateCategoryText		_UtilitiesRateCategoryText

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_UtilitiesRateCategory.
-- 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: IERATECATEGORY

CREATE VIEW I_UtilitiesRateCategory AS
SELECT
  etta.tariftyp AS UtilitiesRateCategory,
  cast(etta.ausgrup as e_ausgrup_vdm preserving type) AS UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg,
  etta.sparte AS Division,
  etta.aklasse AS UtilitiesBillingClass
FROM etta
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg AS _UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg ON UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg = _UtilsOutsrtgChkGrpBillg.UtilsOutsrtgCheckGrpForBillg  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_UtilitiesRateCategoryText AS _UtilitiesRateCategoryText ON UtilitiesRateCategory = _UtilitiesRateCategoryText.UtilitiesRateCategory  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_UtilitiesRateCategory view

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