I_CnsldtnMethod

DDL: I_CNSLDTNMETHOD Type: view BASIC
3 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations

Consolidation Method

I_CnsldtnMethod (Basic)

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Consolidation Method · Group Reporting

I_CnsldtnMethod is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Consolidation Method" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (tf550) and exposes 3 fields with key field ConsolidationMethod. It has 1 association to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

CategoryCDS Views for Master Data
Data CategoryDimension
Purpose
This CDS view determines consolidation methods used in consolidation tasks. A consolidation method is a technique that determines how the reported data of a consolidation unit is consolidated into the group statement. They are grouped by consolidation task categories. Examples are methods for currency translation and methods for consolidation by purchase or by equity. This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: What consolidation methods are available? What is the task category of a method? Example values for methods in task category 40 are: 10: purchase method (parent) 11: purchase method (group) 20: equity method (direct share) 21: equity method (group share) Some example values for methods in task category 05 are: S0904 Standard Translation Periodic Y0901 Standard Translation YTD

Prerequisites
Authorizations Users who want to use this CDS view must have the following authorization objects assigned: E_CS_CACTT (Consolidation Tasks) Configuration DIMEN = Y1 (Consolidation Dimension)

Structure
Fields Used for Filtering The main filters are as follows: ConsolidationMethod : This field is used to determine the method. ConsolidationTaskCategory : This field is used to determine the methods of a task category. Further Important Fields Important fields in this view include the following: Field Name Description Comment ConsolidationMethod Consolidation Method Key ConsolidationTaskCategory Consolidation Task Category -

SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) Extraction
Data Extraction Type Full (physical deletions are possible in source tables) Note The corresponding DataSource (Extractor) and this CDS view may have different functionalities. For details about the DataSource, see the related documentation on the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/BI_CONTENT_757 under Use SAP Library BI Content . For more information about data extraction, see Extracting Data Through CDS Views to SAP BW/4HANA .

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StateC1
Line of BusinessGroup Reporting
Application ComponentFIN-CS-MD
CapabilitiesData Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Data Extraction, Analytical Dimension
PackageGroup Reporting for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Description <p>This CDS view determines consolidation methods used in consolidation tasks.</p> <p>A consolidation method is a technique that determines how the reported data of a consolidation unit is consolidated into the group statement. They are grouped by consolidation task categories. Examples are methods for currency translation and methods for consolidation by purchase or by equity. </p> This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions:<ul> <li><p>What consolidation methods are available? </p></li> <li><p>What is the task category of a method? </p></li> </ul> Example values for methods in task category 40 are:<ul> <li><p>10: purchase method (parent)</p></li> <li><p>11: purchase method (group)</p></li> <li><p>20: equity method (direct share)</p></li> <li><p>21: equity method (group share)</p></li> </ul> Some example values for methods in task category 05 are: <ul> <li><p>S0904 Standard Translation Periodic</p></li> <li><p>Y0901 Standard Translation YTD</p></li> </ul>

Documentation

Data Sources (1)

SourceAliasJoin Type
tf550 tf550 from

Associations (1)

CardinalityTargetAliasCondition
[0..*] I_CnsldtnMethodText _Text $projection.ConsolidationMethod = _Text.ConsolidationMethod

Annotations (19)

NameValueLevelField
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName ICSMETHOD view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter true view
Analytics.dataCategory #DIMENSION view
Analytics.internalName #LOCAL view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled true view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck #MANDATORY view
ClientHandling.algorithm #SESSION_VARIABLE view
Metadata.allowExtensions true view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations true view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass #CUSTOMIZING view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality #A view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory #S view
ObjectModel.representativeKey ConsolidationMethod view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern #ANALYTICAL_DIMENSION view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name ConsolidationMethod view
Search.searchable true view
VDM.viewType #BASIC view
VDM.lifecycle.contract.type #PUBLIC_LOCAL_API view
EndUserText.label Consolidation Method view

Fields (3)

KeyFieldSource TableSource FieldDescription
KEY ConsolidationMethod Method
ConsolidationTaskCategory Consolidation Task Category
_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_CnsldtnMethod.
-- 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_CnsldtnMethod AS
SELECT
  cast(cmeth as fincs_method preserving type ) AS ConsolidationMethod,
  cast(cactt as fincs_taskcategory preserving type ) AS ConsolidationTaskCategory
FROM tf550
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CnsldtnMethodText AS _Text ON ConsolidationMethod = _Text.ConsolidationMethod  -- association [0..*]
;

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