Association An association is a declarative relationship between CDS entities (like foreign keys), defined using the association keyword. Key Characteristics: Lazy/Evaluated-on-demand: Data from the association is not fetched unless it is explicitly accessed using a path expression (like to_customer.name). Navigation-style ...
SAP EWM Help Latest Questions
AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures) in CDS (Core Data Services) in SAP refers to a way to integrate native SQLScript (e.g., HANA procedures) directly within ABAP classes. It’s not a part of CDS views themselves, but is often used alongside ...
Feature Row Store Column Store Data Layout Row by row Column by column Best Use Case OLTP (transactions) OLAP (analytics, reporting) Read Performance Good for full row reads Excellent for column-specific reads Write Performance Fast for row-level writes Slower for frequent updates/inserts Compression Lower Higher Aggregations & Filters Slower Much faster
Identify the Type of CDS View You Want to Extend There are different layers in RAP: Interface View (I_) Consumption/Projection View (C_ or ZC_) Data Definition View (Z_) Usually, you extend interface or projection views. Use the EXTEND VIEW Statement You can extend a CDS view using ...
Aspect DDIC View (ABAP Dictionary View) CDS View (Core Data Services View) Definition Tool Created using SE11 (Graphical interface) Created using ADT (Eclipse) with SQL-like DDL syntax Technology Base Classic SAP NetWeaver Modern SAP HANA / S/4HANA Definition Style GUI-based definition (drag-and-drop style) Text-based, code-centric with annotations Join Support Basic joins (Inner, Outer) Advanced ...
1. Open SQL ABAP’s database-independent SQL. Works on all supported DBs (HANA, Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, …). ABAP converts Open SQL statements into the database-specific SQL automatically. Ensures portability → same ABAP program runs regardless of underlying DB. Supports buffering (e.g., table buffers in SAP). Only a ...
DCL (Data Control Language) in CDS is used to define and control data authorizations for CDS views.In other words, it allows you to restrict access to specific data records based on user roles, so that users can only see ...