What is I_MeansOfTransportType in SAP S/4HANA?

I_MeansOfTransportType is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Packaging Material Type It contains 2 fields.

Which tables does I_MeansOfTransportType read from?

I_MeansOfTransportType reads data from: tvty.

What VDM layer is I_MeansOfTransportType?

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

I_MeansOfTransportType

DDL: I_MEANSOFTRANSPORTTYPE SQL: ILEMNSTRANSPTYP Type: view BASIC Package: VDM_LE_SHP_COMMON

2 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations 1 OData Services

Packaging Material Type

I_MeansOfTransportType (Basic)

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Means of Transport Type · Supply Chain

I_MeansOfTransportType is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Packaging Material Type" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (tvty) and exposes 2 fields with key field MeansOfTransportType. It has 1 association to related views. It is exposed through 1 OData service (ASQL_F4557). Part of development package VDM_LE_SHP_COMMON.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	Generic CDS Views for Delivery Documents
Status	Released

Purpose
This CDS view provides the prerequisites for answering the following business questions: What types of packaging materials are available for me to use?

Prerequisites
This CDS view does not require any authorization.

Structure
Main input parameters This view does not have any input parameters. Measures and attributes This view contains the following measures and attributes: Packaging material type

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SAP API Hub

Category	Basic
State	C1
Line of Business	Supply Chain
Application Component	LE-SHP-GF-2CL
Capabilities	Data Source in SQL Select,Data Source for Defining CDS Entities,Analytical Dimension
Extensible (Key User)	No
Extensible (Developer)	No
Release State (Key User)	Released
Release State (Developer)	Released
Package	Supply Chain for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view provides the prerequisites for answering the following business questions:</p> <ul> <li><p>What types of packaging materials are available for me to use?</p></li> </ul>

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
tvty	tvty	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..*]	I_MeansOfTransportTypeText	_Text	`$projection.MeansOfTransportType = _Text.MeansOfTransportType`

Annotations (14)

Name	Value	Level
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	MeansOfTransportType	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
EndUserText.label	Packaging Material Type	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	false	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
Search.searchable	true	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	ILEMNSTRANSPTYP	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	MeansOfTransportType	view

OData Services (1)

Service	Binding	Version	Contract	Release
ASQL_F4557	ASQL_F4557		C2	NOT_RELEASED

Fields (2)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	MeansOfTransportType		traty	Packaging Material Type
	_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_MeansOfTransportType.
-- 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.
-- SQL view name: ILEMNSTRANSPTYP

CREATE VIEW I_MeansOfTransportType AS
SELECT
  traty AS MeansOfTransportType
FROM tvty
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_MeansOfTransportTypeText AS _Text ON MeansOfTransportType = _Text.MeansOfTransportType  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_MeansOfTransportType view

tvty