A_MerchandiseCategory
Merchandise Category
A_MerchandiseCategory is a Consumption CDS View that provides data about "Merchandise Category" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (R_MerchandiseCategoryTP) and exposes 9 fields with key field MerchandiseCategory. It is exposed through 1 OData service (API_MERCHANDISECATEGORY). Part of development package ODATA_RFM_MC.
Data Sources (1)
| Source | Alias | Join Type |
|---|---|---|
| R_MerchandiseCategoryTP | R_MerchandiseCategoryTP | projection |
Annotations (7)
| Name | Value | Level | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccessControl.authorizationCheck | #CHECK | view | |
| VDM.viewType | #CONSUMPTION | view | |
| VDM.lifecycle.contract.type | #PUBLIC_REMOTE_API | view | |
| Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations | true | view | |
| Search.searchable | false | view | |
| OData.entityType.name | MerchandiseCategory_Type | view | |
| EndUserText.label | Merchandise Category | view |
OData Services (1)
| Service | Binding | Version | Contract | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API_MERCHANDISECATEGORY | API_MERCHANDISECATEGORY | V4 | C2 | Deprecated |
Fields (9)
| Key | Field | Source Table | Source Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY | MerchandiseCategory | MerchandiseCategory | ||
| ContactPersonStdDepartment | ContactPersonStdDepartment | |||
| Division | Division | Internal Division ID | ||
| AuthorizationGroup | AuthorizationGroup | AuthorizGroup | ||
| MaterialGroupRefMaterial | MaterialGroupRefMaterial | |||
| ValuationClass | ValuationClass | Valuation Class | ||
| PurchasingValueKey | PurchasingValueKey | |||
| LastChangeDateTime | LastChangeDateTime | Timestamp | ||
| MrchdsCategoryHierarchyNode | MrchdsCategoryHierarchyNode |
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 A_MerchandiseCategory.
-- 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 A_MerchandiseCategory AS
SELECT
MerchandiseCategory,
ContactPersonStdDepartment,
Division,
AuthorizationGroup,
MaterialGroupRefMaterial,
ValuationClass,
PurchasingValueKey,
LastChangeDateTime,
MrchdsCategoryHierarchyNode
FROM R_MerchandiseCategoryTP
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