I_GHOCharacteristicName
Characteristic Data
I_GHOCharacteristicName is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Characteristic Data" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (cabn) and exposes 14 fields with key fields CharcInternalID, TimeIntervalNumber. It has 1 association to related views.
Data Sources (1)
| Source | Alias | Join Type |
|---|---|---|
| cabn | cabn | from |
Associations (1)
| Cardinality | Target | Alias | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| [0..1] | I_GHOCharacteristicDescsTxt | _CharacteristicTxt | _CharacteristicTxt.CharcInternalID = $projection.CharcInternalID and _CharacteristicTxt.Language = $session.system_language and _CharacteristicTxt.TimeIntervalNumber = $projection.TimeIntervalNumber |
Annotations (7)
| Name | Value | Level | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccessControl.authorizationCheck | #NOT_REQUIRED | view | |
| EndUserText.label | Characteristic Data | view | |
| Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations | true | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality | #C | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory | #M | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass | #MASTER | view | |
| VDM.viewType | #BASIC | view |
Fields (14)
| Key | Field | Source Table | Source Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY | CharcInternalID | Internal char. | ||
| KEY | TimeIntervalNumber | adzhl | Int. counter | |
| Characteristic | atnam | Characteristic | ||
| CharcIdentificationCode | atidn | Charact ID | ||
| CharcStatus | atmst | Status | ||
| CharcDataType | atfor | Format | ||
| CharcLength | anzst | Number of Chars | ||
| CharcDecimals | anzdz | Decimal Places | ||
| EntryIsRequired | aterf | Entry Required | ||
| ValidityStartDate | datuv | Valid-from date | ||
| ValidityEndDate | datub | Valid to | ||
| ChangeNumber | aennr | Change Number | ||
| IsDeleted | lkenz | Deletion Ind. | ||
| _CharacteristicTxt | _CharacteristicTxt |
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_GHOCharacteristicName.
-- 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_GHOCharacteristicName AS
SELECT
cast ( atinn as atinn_no_conv preserving type ) AS CharcInternalID,
adzhl AS TimeIntervalNumber,
atnam AS Characteristic,
atidn AS CharcIdentificationCode,
atmst AS CharcStatus,
atfor AS CharcDataType,
anzst AS CharcLength,
anzdz AS CharcDecimals,
aterf AS EntryIsRequired,
datuv AS ValidityStartDate,
datub AS ValidityEndDate,
aennr AS ChangeNumber,
lkenz AS IsDeleted
FROM cabn
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_GHOCharacteristicDescsTxt AS _CharacteristicTxt ON _CharacteristicTxt.CharcInternalID = CharcInternalID AND _CharacteristicTxt.Language = $session.system_language AND _CharacteristicTxt.TimeIntervalNumber = TimeIntervalNumber -- association [0..1]
;
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