Dictionary_Definition

DDL: DICTIONARY_DEFINITION SQL: DICTIONARYDEF Type: view
8 Fields 1 Data Sources

Dictionary Definition

Dictionary_Definition is a CDS View that provides data about "Dictionary Definition" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS) and exposes 8 fields with key fields ObjectName, FieldName.

Data Sources (1)

SourceAliasJoin Type
DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS from

Annotations (5)

NameValueLevelField
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName DICTIONARYDEF view
EndUserText.label Dictionary Definition view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality #P view
ClientHandling.algorithm #SESSION_VARIABLE view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck #NOT_REQUIRED view

Fields (8)

KeyFieldSource TableSource FieldDescription
KEY ObjectName entity_name Table Name
KEY FieldName element_name Element Name
DataType data_type Type
FieldPosition element_position
ElementType element_type Element Type
Length length Text Length
DataElement data_element Field type
ExtensionCDSView extend_ddl_name

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 Dictionary_Definition.
-- 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: DICTIONARYDEF

CREATE VIEW Dictionary_Definition AS
SELECT
  entity_name AS ObjectName,
  element_name AS FieldName,
  data_type AS DataType,
  element_position AS FieldPosition,
  element_type AS ElementType,
  Length,
  data_element AS DataElement,
  extend_ddl_name AS ExtensionCDSView
FROM DDCDS_ENTITY_ELEMENTS
;

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