What is I_CustUnivHierarchy in SAP S/4HANA?

I_CustUnivHierarchy is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Customer Universal Hierarchy It contains 8 fields.

Which tables does I_CustUnivHierarchy read from?

I_CustUnivHierarchy reads data from: hrrp_dir_n.

What VDM layer is I_CustUnivHierarchy?

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

I_CustUnivHierarchy

DDL: I_CUSTUNIVHIERARCHY Type: view_entity BASIC Package: VDM_MD_BP

8 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations

Customer Universal Hierarchy

I_CustUnivHierarchy (Basic)

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CustomerUniversalHierarchy · Database & Data Management

I_CustUnivHierarchy is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Customer Universal Hierarchy" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (hrrp_dir_n) and exposes 8 fields with key fields UniversalHierarchy, CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate. It has 1 association to related views. Part of development package VDM_MD_BP.

SAP API Hub

Category	Basic
State	C1
Line of Business	Database & Data Management
Application Component	LO-MD-BP-2CL
Capabilities	Data Source for Data Extraction,Data Source in SQL Select,Data Source for Defining CDS Entities,Association Target for Defining CDS Entities,Analytical Dimension
Extensible (Key User)	No
Extensible (Developer)	No
Release State (Key User)	Released
Release State (Developer)	Released
Package	Database and Data Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view provides access to customer universal hierarchy master data, including time-dependent validity periods and organizational assignments. It retrieves hierarchy information filtered by specific hierarchy types – CH01 and CH02.</p> <p>This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions:</p> <ul> <li><p>What are the active customer hierarchies for a specific sales organization and distribution channel?</p></li> <li><p>Which customer hierarchies are valid within a given time period?</p></li> <li><p>How are customer hierarchies structured across different divisions?</p></li> </ul>

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
hrrp_dir_n	dir	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..*]	I_CustUnivHierarchyNodeText_2	_Text	`$projection.UniversalHierarchy = _Text.UniversalHierarchy and $projection.CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate = _Text.CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate`

Annotations (9)

Name	Value	Level
Analytics.technicalName	ICUSTUH	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#MANDATORY	view
EndUserText.label	Customer Universal Hierarchy	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#L	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	UniversalHierarchy	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view

Fields (8)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	UniversalHierarchy	hrrp_dir_n	hryid	Hierarchy ID
KEY	CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate	hrrp_dir_n	hryvalto	Valid To Date
	CustUnivHierarchyValidStartDte	hrrp_dir_n	hryvalfrom	Valid-From Date
	CustUnivHierarchyShortID	hrrp_dir_n	hrysid	Hierarchy ID
	SalesOrganization	hrrp_dir_n	salesorganization	Sales Organization
	DistributionChannel	hrrp_dir_n	distributionchannel	Distribution Channel
	Division	hrrp_dir_n	division	Internal Division ID
	_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_CustUnivHierarchy.
-- 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_CustUnivHierarchy AS
SELECT
  dir.hryid AS UniversalHierarchy,
  dir.hryvalto AS CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate,
  dir.hryvalfrom AS CustUnivHierarchyValidStartDte,
  dir.hrysid AS CustUnivHierarchyShortID,
  dir.salesorganization AS SalesOrganization,
  dir.distributionchannel AS DistributionChannel,
  dir.division AS Division
FROM hrrp_dir_n AS dir
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CustUnivHierarchyNodeText_2 AS _Text ON UniversalHierarchy = _Text.UniversalHierarchy AND CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate = _Text.CustUnivHierarchyValidEndDate  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_CustUnivHierarchy view_entity

hrrp_dir_n