dd_cds_element_annotations
DD: CDS Element Annotations
dd_cds_element_annotations is a CDS View that provides data about "DD: CDS Element Annotations" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (ddfieldanno) and exposes 6 fields with key fields entityName, elementName, annoName, annoPosition. It has 1 association to related views. Part of development package SD_CDS_ENTITY_CORE.
Data Sources (1)
| Source | Alias | Join Type |
|---|---|---|
| ddfieldanno | elmnt_anno | from |
Associations (1)
| Cardinality | Target | Alias | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| [0..*] | ddfieldannot | _ElmntAnnoText | $projection.entityName = _ElmntAnnoText.strucobjn and $projection.elementName = _ElmntAnnoText.lfieldname and $projection.annoName = _ElmntAnnoText.name |
Annotations (5)
| Name | Value | Level | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccessControl.authorizationCheck | #NOT_REQUIRED | view | |
| EndUserText.label | DD: CDS Element Annotations | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality | #A | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory | #XL | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass | #META | view |
Fields (6)
| Key | Field | Source Table | Source Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY | entityName | ddfieldanno | strucobjn | DD: Name of a structured object (e.g. entity, context) |
| KEY | elementName | ddfieldanno | lfieldname | DD: Concatenated Field Name |
| KEY | annoName | ddfieldanno | name | Zone name |
| KEY | annoPosition | ddfieldanno | position | Test Position |
| value | ddfieldanno | value | Value from table | |
| _ElmntAnnoText | _ElmntAnnoText |
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 dd_cds_element_annotations.
-- 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 dd_cds_element_annotations AS
SELECT
elmnt_anno.strucobjn AS entityName,
elmnt_anno.lfieldname AS elementName,
elmnt_anno.name AS annoName,
elmnt_anno.position AS annoPosition,
elmnt_anno.value AS value
FROM ddfieldanno AS elmnt_anno
LEFT OUTER JOIN ddfieldannot AS _ElmntAnnoText ON entityName = _ElmntAnnoText.strucobjn AND elementName = _ElmntAnnoText.lfieldname AND annoName = _ElmntAnnoText.name -- association [0..*]
;
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