What is I_PaymentMethod in SAP S/4HANA?

I_PaymentMethod is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Payment Method for Country/Region It contains 11 fields.

Which tables does I_PaymentMethod read from?

I_PaymentMethod reads data from: t042z.

What VDM layer is I_PaymentMethod?

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

I_PaymentMethod

DDL: I_PAYMENTMETHOD SQL: IFIPAYMENTMETHOD Type: view BASIC Package: FINS_FIS_AP_MD

11 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations 3 OData Services

Payment Method for Country/Region

I_PaymentMethod (Basic)

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Payment Method · Financial Operations

I_PaymentMethod is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Payment Method for Country/Region" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (t042z) and exposes 11 fields with key fields Country, PaymentMethod. It has 2 associations to related views. It is exposed through 3 OData services (ASQL_F6990, UI_MANAGEPAYMENTPLAN, UI_PRELIMBILLINGDOCUMENT_F6990). Part of development package FINS_FIS_AP_MD.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Invoice Management
Data Category	Dimension
Status	Released

Purpose
This CDS view specifies which payment methods are to be used for payment transactions in which country.

Structure
Measures and attributes Some important measures and attributes are: Payment Method Country

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SAP API Hub

Category	Basic
State	C1
Line of Business	Financial Operations
Application Component	FI-AP-IS-2CL
Capabilities	Data Source for Data Extraction,Analytical Dimension,Association Target for Defining CDS Entities,Data Source in SQL Select,Data Source for Defining CDS Entities,Data Source for Search
Extensible (Key User)	No
Extensible (Developer)	No
Release State (Key User)	Released
Release State (Developer)	Released
Package	Financial Operations for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view specifies which payment methods are to be used for payment transactions in which country.</p>

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
t042z	t042z	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..1]	I_Country	_Country	`$projection.Country = _Country.Country`
[0..*]	I_PaymentMethodText	_Text	`$projection.Country = _Text.Country and $projection.PaymentMethod = _Text.PaymentMethod`

Annotations (16)

Name	Value	Level
EndUserText.label	Payment Method for Country/Region	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IFIPAYMENTMETHOD	view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey	true	view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter	true	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	PaymentMethod	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	PaymentMethod	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#M	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
Search.searchable	true	view

OData Services (3)

Service	Binding	Version	Contract	Release
ASQL_F6990	ASQL_F6990		C2	NOT_RELEASED
UI_MANAGEPAYMENTPLAN	UI_MANAGEPAYMENTPLAN_O2	V2	C1	NOT_RELEASED
UI_PRELIMBILLINGDOCUMENT_F6990	UI_PRELIMBILLINGDOCUMENT_F6990	V4	C1	NOT_RELEASED

Fields (11)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	Country	t042z	land1	Country/Region Key
KEY	PaymentMethod			Payment Method
	PaymentMethodIsUsedForCheck		xschk	Indicator: Is a Check Created Using This Payment Method?
	PaytMethIsUsdForBillOfExchange		xwech	Indicator: Create a bill of Exchange Posting?
	PaytMethIsUsdForChkBillOfExch		xswec	Indicator: Payment Method for Check/Bill of Exchange?
	IsPaytMethForIncomingPayments		xeinz	Indicator: Payment Method Used for Incoming Payments
	PaytMethIsUsdForBOEPaytReq		xwanf	Indicator: Create a Bill of Exchange Pmnt Request?
	PaytMethIsUsdForPaymentRequest		xzanf	Indicator: Payment Request
	BankCollectionAuthznIsRequired		xezer	Indicator: Must Collection Authorization Be Provided?
	_Country		_Country
	_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_PaymentMethod.
-- 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: IFIPAYMENTMETHOD

CREATE VIEW I_PaymentMethod AS
SELECT
  t042z.land1 AS Country,
  cast( t042z.zlsch as farp_schzw_bseg ) AS PaymentMethod,
  xschk AS PaymentMethodIsUsedForCheck,
  xwech AS PaytMethIsUsdForBillOfExchange,
  xswec AS PaytMethIsUsdForChkBillOfExch,
  xeinz AS IsPaytMethForIncomingPayments,
  xwanf AS PaytMethIsUsdForBOEPaytReq,
  xzanf AS PaytMethIsUsdForPaymentRequest,
  xezer AS BankCollectionAuthznIsRequired
FROM t042z
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Country AS _Country ON Country = _Country.Country  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_PaymentMethodText AS _Text ON Country = _Text.Country AND PaymentMethod = _Text.PaymentMethod  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_PaymentMethod view

t042z