What is I_RootCause in SAP S/4HANA?

I_RootCause is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Root Cause It contains 4 fields.

Which tables does I_RootCause read from?

I_RootCause reads data from: udmattr_rccode.

What VDM layer is I_RootCause?

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

I_RootCause

DDL: I_ROOTCAUSE SQL: IROOTCAUSE Type: view BASIC Package: UDM_DM_CDS

4 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations

Root Cause

I_RootCause (Basic)

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Dispute Case Root Cause · Financial Operations

I_RootCause is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Root Cause" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (udmattr_rccode) and exposes 4 fields with key fields CaseType, DisputeCaseRootCause. It has 2 associations to related views. Part of development package UDM_DM_CDS.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Dispute Resolution

Purpose
This CDS view helps you to find the root causes that are defined for dispute cases in SAP Dispute Management . This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: Which root causes are defined for dispute cases? To help you decide which CDS view to use for your purposes, SAP has introduced the annotation ObjectModel.supportedCapabilities that indicates the most appropriate use cases for each CDS view. To find out what use cases are best supported by this CDS view, access the entry of the CDS view in the View Browser app and find the values for this annotation under the Annotation tab. For more information, see Supported Capabilities for CDS Views .

Prerequisites
Authorizations One of the following business catalogs needs to be assigned to a user to be able to use this CDS view: SAP_FIN_BC_AR_DISPUTES_PC - Accounts Receivable - Dispute Resolution SAP_FIN_BC_AR_DM_ANALYTICS_PC - Accounts Receivable - Dispute Management Analytics SAP_FIN_BC_AR_DM_PERIOD_PC - Accounts Receivable - Periodic Activities for Dispute Management SAP_FIN_BC_AR_DM_SETTINGS_PC - Accounts Receivable - Dispute Management Settings

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Category	Basic
State	C1
Line of Business	Financial Operations
Application Component	FIN-FSCM-DM-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	Financial Operations for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view helps you to find the root causes that are defined for dispute cases.</p> This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions:<ul> <li> <p>Which root causes are defined for dispute cases? </p> </li> </ul> <p>To help you decide which CDS view to use for your purposes, SAP has introduced the annotation ObjectModel.supportedCapabilities that indicates the most appropriate use cases for each CDS view. To find out what use cases are best supported by this CDS view, access the entry of the CDS view in the View Browser app and find the values for this annotation under the Annotation tab. For more information, see Supported Capabilities for CDS Views.</p>

Documentation

Analytics with CDS Views — Build Analytics for S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition ABAP CDS views replicated to SAP Cloud Platform
CDS Views on SAP Business Accelerator Hub — Explore SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition CDS Views on SAP Business Accelerator Hub
Create CDS View as API — Create CDS views in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and consume them as APIs
Custom CDS Views — Access data using a Custom Core Data Service view (Custom CDS view)
Custom Communication Scenarios — Create custom communication scenarios to configure custom communication arrangement
Key User Extensibility Tools — The Key User Extensibility Tools of S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA Extensibility — SAP S/4HANA Extensibility Tutorial
VDM View Types — The Virtual Data Model in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
View Browser — Search, browse and tag CDS Views

Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
udmattr_rccode	udmattr_rccode	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..1]	I_CaseType	_CaseType	`$projection.CaseType = _CaseType.CaseType`
[0..*]	I_RootCauseText	_Text	`$projection.CaseType = _Text.CaseType and $projection.DisputeCaseRootCause = _Text.DisputeCaseRootCause`

Annotations (13)

Name	Value	Level
EndUserText.label	Root Cause	view
Analytics.dataCategory	#DIMENSION	view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled	true	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IROOTCAUSE	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	DisputeCaseRootCause	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#D	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	DisputeCaseRootCause	view

Fields (4)

Key	Field	Source Field	Description
KEY	CaseType		Upper/Lowercase
KEY	DisputeCaseRootCause		Root Cause Code
	_CaseType	_CaseType
	_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_RootCause.
-- 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: IROOTCAUSE

CREATE VIEW I_RootCause AS
SELECT
  cast( casetype as scmgcase_type preserving type ) AS CaseType,
  cast( root_ccode as udm_root_ccode preserving type ) AS DisputeCaseRootCause
FROM udmattr_rccode
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CaseType AS _CaseType ON CaseType = _CaseType.CaseType  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_RootCauseText AS _Text ON CaseType = _Text.CaseType AND DisputeCaseRootCause = _Text.DisputeCaseRootCause  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_RootCause view

udmattr_rccode