What is I_ProductText in SAP S/4HANA?

I_ProductText is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Product - Text It contains 4 fields.

Which tables does I_ProductText read from?

I_ProductText reads data from: makt.

What VDM layer is I_ProductText?

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

I_ProductText

DDL: I_PRODUCTTEXT SQL: IPRODTEXT Type: view BASIC

4 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations

Product - Text

I_ProductText (Basic)

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Database & Data Management

I_ProductText is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Product - Text" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (makt) and exposes 4 fields with key fields Product, Language. It has 1 association to related views.

SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Database & Data Management
Application Component	LO-MD-MM
Capabilities	Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Language-Dependent Text, Data Source for Search
Package	Database & Data Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Documentation

Analytics with CDS Views — Build Analytics for S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ABAP CDS views replicated to SAP Cloud Platform
CDS Views on SAP Business Accelerator Hub — Explore SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition Private Edition CDS Views on SAP Business Accelerator Hub
Create CDS View as API — Create CDS views in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and consume them as APIs
Custom CDS Views — Access data using a Custom Core Data Service view (Custom CDS view)
Key User Extensibility Tools — The Key User Extensibility Tools of S/4HANA
SAP Extensibility Explorer for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition — Explore SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition Extensibility options by leveraging the sample scenarios from SAP
SAP S/4HANA Extensibility — SAP S/4HANA Extensibility Tutorial
VDM View Types — The Virtual Data Model in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
View Browser — Search, browse and tag CDS Views

Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
makt	makt	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[1..1]	I_Product	_Product	`$projection.Product = _Product.Product`

Annotations (13)

Name	Value	Level
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IPRODTEXT	view
ObjectModel.dataCategory	#TEXT	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#CHECK	view
EndUserText.label	Product - Text	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	Product	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#A	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#L	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
Search.searchable	true	view
AbapCatalog.preserveKey	true	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view

Fields (4)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	Product	makt	matnr	Material Number
KEY	Language	makt	spras	Off. Language
	ProductName			Product Description
	_Product		_Product

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_ProductText.
-- 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: IPRODTEXT

CREATE VIEW I_ProductText AS
SELECT
  makt.matnr AS Product,
  makt.spras AS Language,
  cast(makt.maktx as productdescription preserving type ) AS ProductName
FROM makt
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Product AS _Product ON Product = _Product.Product  -- association [1..1]
;

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I_ProductText view

makt