What is I_BlockCategoryText in SAP S/4HANA?

I_BlockCategoryText is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Block Category - Text It contains 5 fields.

Which tables does I_BlockCategoryText read from?

I_BlockCategoryText reads data from: dd07t.

What VDM layer is I_BlockCategoryText?

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

I_BlockCategoryText

DDL: I_BLOCKCATEGORYTEXT Type: view BASIC

5 Fields 1 Data Sources 2 Associations

Block Category - Text

I_BlockCategoryText (Basic)

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Supply Chain

I_BlockCategoryText is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Block Category - Text" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (dd07t) and exposes 5 fields with key fields BlockCategory, Language. It has 2 associations to related views.

SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Supply Chain
Application Component	TM-CF
Capabilities	Language-Dependent Text, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source for Search, Data Source in SQL Select
Package	Supply Chain for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Documentation

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Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
dd07t	dd07t	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..1]	I_BlockCategory	_BlockCategory	`$projection.BlockCategory = _BlockCategory.BlockCategory`
[0..1]	I_Language	_Language	`$projection.Language = _Language.Language`

Annotations (14)

Name	Value	Level
EndUserText.label	Block Category - Text	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	BlockCategory	view
ObjectModel.dataCategory	#TEXT	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#LANGUAGE_DEPENDENT_TEXT	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter	true	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IBLOCKCATEGORYT	view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey	true	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view

Fields (5)

Key	Field	Source Field	Description
KEY	BlockCategory		Block Category
KEY	Language	ddlanguage	Language Key
	BlockCategoryDesc		Transportation Order Block Category Description
	_BlockCategory	_BlockCategory
	_Language	_Language

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_BlockCategoryText.
-- 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 I_BlockCategoryText AS
SELECT
  cast(substring(domvalue_l, 1, 1) as /scmtms/block_category preserving type) AS BlockCategory,
  ddlanguage AS Language,
  cast(ddtext as /scmtms/vdm_block_cat_desc preserving type) AS BlockCategoryDesc
FROM dd07t
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_BlockCategory AS _BlockCategory ON BlockCategory = _BlockCategory.BlockCategory  -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Language AS _Language ON Language = _Language.Language  -- association [0..1]
;

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I_BlockCategoryText view

dd07t