What is I_CAPostingReason in SAP S/4HANA?

I_CAPostingReason is a composite CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Document Posting Reason It contains 13 fields.

What VDM layer is I_CAPostingReason?

I_CAPostingReason is classified as a Composite view that combines data from multiple basic views.

I_CAPostingReason

Q: Which tables does I_CAPostingReason read from?

I_CAPostingReason reads data from: I_CAAdjustmentRequestReason, I_CAReversalReason, I_CATransferReason, I_CAWriteOffReason.

DDL: I_CAPOSTINGREASON Type: view_entity COMPOSITE

13 Fields 4 Data Sources 2 Associations

Document Posting Reason

I_CAPostingReason (Composite)

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Contract Accounting Posting Reason · Contract Accounting

I_CAPostingReason is a Composite CDS View that provides data about "Document Posting Reason" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 4 data sources (I_CAAdjustmentRequestReason, I_CAReversalReason, I_CATransferReason, I_CAWriteOffReason) and exposes 13 fields with key fields CADocumentOriginCode, CAPostingReason, CAPostingReason, CAPostingReason, CAPostingReason. It has 2 associations to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Configuration Data

Purpose
This CDS view retrieves posting reasons indicating a reason for the posting of a Contract Accounting document. Depending on the document origin the posting reason is the reversal reason, write-off reason, transfer reason or adjustment request reason. Example Wrong Posting (in case of a reversal), Insignificance (in case of a write-off), Transfer of Incorrectly Posted Payment on Account This CDS view provides the data to answer the business question: Which posting reason values are available in the system? 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 .

Prerequisites
Configuration You define write-off reasons in the Define Write-Off Reasons Customizing activity. You define transfer reasons in the Define Transfer Reasons Customizing activity. You define reversal reasons in the Define Reason for Reversal Customizing activity.

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State	C1
Line of Business	Contract Accounting
Application Component	FI-CA
Capabilities	Association Target for Defining CDS Entities, Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities
Package	Contract Accounting for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Description	<p>This CDS view retrieves posting reasons indicating a reason for the posting of a Contract Accounting document. Depending on the document origin the posting reason is the reversal reason, write-off reason, transfer reason or adjustment request reason.</p> Example <p>Wrong Posting (in case of a reversal), Insignificance (in case of a write-off), Transfer of Incorrectly Posted Payment on Account</p> <p>This CDS view provides the data to answer the business question: Which posting reason values are available in the system?</p> <p>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.</p>

Documentation

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Data Sources (4)

Source	Alias	Join Type
I_CAAdjustmentRequestReason	AdjustmentRequestReason	union
I_CAReversalReason	ReversalReason	union
I_CATransferReason	TransferReason	union
I_CAWriteOffReason	WriteOffReason	from

Associations (2)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[1..1]	I_CADocumentOriginCode	_DocOriginCode	`$projection.CADocumentOriginCode = _DocOriginCode.CADocumentOriginCode`
[0..*]	I_CAPostingReasonText	_Text	`$projection.CAPostingReason = _Text.CAPostingReason`

Annotations (10)

Name	Value	Level
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#MANDATORY	view
EndUserText.label	Document Posting Reason	view
Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations	true	view
ObjectModel.modelingPattern	#NONE	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	CAPostingReason	view
ObjectModel.sapObjectNodeType.name	ContrAcctgPostingReason	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#CUSTOMIZING	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#C	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
VDM.viewType	#COMPOSITE	view

Fields (13)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	CADocumentOriginCode	DocOriginCode	CADocumentOriginCode	Document Origin Key
KEY	CAPostingReason			Posting Reason (For Write-Offs And Transfer Postings)
	_DocOriginCode		_DocOriginCode
	CADocumentOriginCode			Document Origin Key
KEY	CAPostingReason			Posting Reason (For Write-Offs And Transfer Postings)
	_DocOriginCode		_DocOriginCode
	CADocumentOriginCode			Document Origin Key
KEY	CAPostingReason			Posting Reason (For Write-Offs And Transfer Postings)
	_DocOriginCode		_DocOriginCode
	CADocumentOriginCode			Document Origin Key
KEY	CAPostingReason			Posting Reason (For Write-Offs And Transfer Postings)
	_DocOriginCode		_DocOriginCode
	_Text		_Text

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_CAPostingReason.
-- 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_CAPostingReason AS
SELECT
  DocOriginCode.CADocumentOriginCode AS CADocumentOriginCode,
  cast( WriteOffReason.CAWriteOffReason as bugrd_kk preserving type ) AS CAPostingReason
FROM I_CAWriteOffReason AS WriteOffReason
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CADocumentOriginCode AS _DocOriginCode ON CADocumentOriginCode = _DocOriginCode.CADocumentOriginCode  -- association [1..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_CAPostingReasonText AS _Text ON CAPostingReason = _Text.CAPostingReason  -- association [0..*]
-- UNION with additional select branch(es): I_CATransferReason, I_CAAdjustmentRequestReason, I_CAReversalReason
;

Depth:

I_CAPostingReason view_entity