DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_INTERN
Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements
DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_INTERN is a CDS View that provides data about "Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 3 data sources (dd03nd, dd02b, tadir) and exposes 14 fields with key fields entity_name, entity_state, element_name. It has 9 associations to related views. Part of development package SD_CDS_INFO_PROVIDER.
Associations (9)
| Cardinality | Target | Alias | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| [0..1] | ddddlsrc03nt | _label_active | _label_active.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language -- Element Label - English |
| [0..1] | ddddlsrc03nt | _label_active_en | _label_active_en.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active_en.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active_en.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' -- Element Label - original language |
| [0..1] | ddddlsrc03nt | _label_active_orig | _label_active_orig.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn and _label_active_orig.as4local = stob.as4local and _label_active_orig.fieldname = elements.fieldname and _label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang -- Annotation 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT' |
| [0..1] | ddfieldanno | _aggregation_default | _aggregation_default.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _aggregation_default.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _aggregation_default.name = 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT' -- Annotation 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE' |
| [0..1] | ddfieldanno | _currency_code | _currency_code.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _currency_code.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _currency_code.name = 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE' -- Annotation 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE' |
| [0..1] | ddfieldanno | _release_status | _release_status.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn and _release_status.lfieldname = elements.fieldname and _release_status.name = 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE' -- Data Element label medium - Current Language |
| [0..1] | dd04t | _dte_label_active | _dte_label_active.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language and _dte_label_active.as4vers = '0000' -- Data Element label medium - English Language |
| [0..1] | dd04t | _dte_label_active_en | _dte_label_active_en.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active_en.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' and _dte_label_active_en.as4vers = '0000' -- Data Element label medium - Original Language |
| [0..1] | dd04t | _dte_label_active_orig | _dte_label_active_orig.rollname = elements.rollname and _dte_label_active_orig.as4local = elements.as4local and _dte_label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang and _dte_label_active_orig.as4vers = '0000' |
Annotations (2)
| Name | Value | Level | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccessControl.authorizationCheck | #NOT_REQUIRED | view | |
| EndUserText.label | Metadata of CDS Entities: Elements | view |
Fields (14)
| Key | Field | Source Table | Source Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY | entity_name | Entity Name Upper Case | ||
| KEY | entity_state | Entity State | ||
| KEY | element_name | Element Name | ||
| data_type_d | Data Type short | |||
| length | Length | |||
| decimals | Decimals | |||
| domain_name | Domain Name | |||
| data_element | Data Element | |||
| simple_type | Simple Type | |||
| ref_field | Reference Element | |||
| ref_table | Reference Object | |||
| is_key | Is Key | |||
| is_virtual | Is Virtual | |||
| is_external | Is Element from Extend |
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 DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_INTERN.
-- 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 DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS_INTERN AS
SELECT
cast(stob.strucobjn as abap.char(30)) AS entity_name,
cast(stob.as4local as abap.char(1)) AS entity_state,
cast(elements.fieldname as abap.char(30)) AS element_name,
cast(elements.datatype as abap.char(4) ) AS data_type_d,
cast(elements.leng as abap.numc(6) ) AS length,
cast(elements.decimals as abap.numc(6) ) AS decimals,
cast(elements.domname as abap.char(30)) AS domain_name,
cast(elements.rollname as abap.char(30)) AS data_element,
cast(elements.simple_type as abap.char(30)) AS simple_type,
cast(elements.reffield as abap.char(30)) AS ref_field,
cast(elements.reftable as abap.char(30)) AS ref_table,
cast(elements.keyflag as abap.char(1)) AS is_key,
cast(elements.is_virtual as abap.char(1)) AS is_virtual,
case when elements.fieldorigin = 'E' then 'X' else ' ' end AS is_external
FROM dd02b AS stob
INNER JOIN dd03nd AS elements ON /* join condition not captured in parsed metadata */
INNER JOIN tadir ON /* join condition not captured in parsed metadata */
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active ON _label_active.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active_en ON _label_active_en.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active_en.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active_en.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddddlsrc03nt AS _label_active_orig ON _label_active_orig.strucobjn = stob.strucobjn AND _label_active_orig.as4local = stob.as4local AND _label_active_orig.fieldname = elements.fieldname AND _label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _aggregation_default ON _aggregation_default.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _aggregation_default.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _aggregation_default.name = 'AGGREGATION.DEFAULT' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _currency_code ON _currency_code.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _currency_code.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _currency_code.name = 'SEMANTICS.AMOUNT.CURRENCYCODE' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldanno AS _release_status ON _release_status.strucobjn = elements.strucobjn AND _release_status.lfieldname = elements.fieldname AND _release_status.name = 'API.ELEMENT.RELEASESTATE' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active ON _dte_label_active.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active.ddlanguage = $session.system_language AND _dte_label_active.as4vers = '0000' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active_en ON _dte_label_active_en.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active_en.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active_en.ddlanguage = 'E' AND _dte_label_active_en.as4vers = '0000' -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN dd04t AS _dte_label_active_orig ON _dte_label_active_orig.rollname = elements.rollname AND _dte_label_active_orig.as4local = elements.as4local AND _dte_label_active_orig.ddlanguage = tadir.masterlang AND _dte_label_active_orig.as4vers = '0000' -- association [0..1]
;
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