I_BusinessProcess

DDL: I_BUSINESSPROCESS SQL: IFIBUSPROCESS Type: view BASIC
6 Fields 1 Associations

Business Process

I_BusinessProcess (Basic)

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I_BusinessProcess is a Basic CDS View (Dimension) that provides data about "Business Process" in SAP S/4HANA. It has 1 association to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

CategoryCDS Views for Overhead Cost Controlling
Data CategoryDimension
Purpose
This CDS view is designed to provide a structured representation of business processes within a controlling area. It serves as a master data source for business processes, enabling data extraction and analytical operations. The view includes associations to related texts and controlling area information, facilitating comprehensive insights into business processes. This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: What are the distinct business processes within a specific controlling area? How can I access the textual descriptions and details of business processes for a given controlling area? What are the current valid business processes based on the system date? How can I retrieve associated controlling area information for a particular business process? 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 .

Structure
Important Fields Important fields in this view include the following: Field Name Description BusinessProcess Business Process ControllingArea Controlling Area

Data Extraction
Data Extraction Type This CDS view is enabled for data extraction in full mode.

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StateC1
Line of BusinessAccounting and Financial Close
Application ComponentFI-FIO-GL-IS
CapabilitiesData Source for Data Extraction, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Analytical Dimension, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities
PackageAccounting and Financial Close for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

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Associations (1)

CardinalityTargetAliasCondition
[0..1] I_ControllingArea _ControllingAreaText $projection.ControllingArea = _ControllingAreaText.ControllingArea association[0..*] to I_BusinessProcessText as _Text on $projection.ControllingArea = _Text.ControllingArea and $projection.BusinessProcess = _Text.BusinessProcess and _Text.ValidityEndDate >= $session.system_date and _Text.ValidityStartDate <= $session.system_date association[0..*] to I_CurrentBusinessProcessText as _CurrentBusinessProcessText on $projection.ControllingArea = _CurrentBusinessProcessText.ControllingArea and $projection.BusinessProcess = _CurrentBusinessProcessText.BusinessProcess association[1] to I_ControllingArea as _ControllingArea on $projection.ControllingArea = _ControllingArea.ControllingArea

Annotations (15)

NameValueLevelField
EndUserText.label Business Process view
Analytics.dataCategory #DIMENSION view
Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled true view
ObjectModel.representativeKey BusinessProcess view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass #MASTER view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality #A view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory #M view
VDM.viewType #BASIC view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName IFIBUSPROCESS view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey true view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter true view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck #CHECK view
ClientHandling.algorithm #SESSION_VARIABLE view
Metadata.allowExtensions true view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations true view

Fields (6)

KeyFieldSource TableSource FieldDescription
KEY ControllingArea Controlling Area
KEY BusinessProcess prznr Business Process
_Text _Text
_ControllingArea _ControllingArea
_ControllingAreaText _ControllingAreaText
_CurrentBusinessProcessText _CurrentBusinessProcessText

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_BusinessProcess.
-- 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: IFIBUSPROCESS

CREATE VIEW I_BusinessProcess AS
SELECT
  cast( kokrs as fis_kokrs preserving type ) AS ControllingArea,
  prznr AS BusinessProcess
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_ControllingArea AS _ControllingAreaText ON ControllingArea = _ControllingAreaText.ControllingArea association[0..*] to I_BusinessProcessText as _Text on ControllingArea = _Text.ControllingArea AND BusinessProcess = _Text.BusinessProcess AND _Text.ValidityEndDate >= $session.system_date AND _Text.ValidityStartDate <= $session.system_date association[0..*] to I_CurrentBusinessProcessText as _CurrentBusinessProcessText on ControllingArea = _CurrentBusinessProcessText.ControllingArea AND BusinessProcess = _CurrentBusinessProcessText.BusinessProcess association[1] to I_ControllingArea as _ControllingArea on ControllingArea = _ControllingArea.ControllingArea  -- association [0..1]
;

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