I_ChangeDocument_2
Change Documents
I_ChangeDocument_2 is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Change Documents" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 2 data sources (cdhdr, cdpos) and exposes 34 fields with key fields ChangeDocObjectClass, ChangeDocObject, ChangeDocument, ChangeDocDatabaseTable, ChangeDocShortTableKey. It has 5 associations to related views.
Associations (5)
| Cardinality | Target | Alias | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| [0..1] | I_ChangeDocLongTableKey | _ChangeDocLongTableKey | $projection.ChangeDocShortTableKey = _ChangeDocLongTableKey.ChangeDocKeyGuid |
| [0..1] | I_ChangeDocumentItemExtension | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | $projection.ChangeDocShortTableKey = _ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocKeyGuid |
| [0..1] | I_Language | _ChangeDocLanguage | $projection.ChangeDocLanguage = _ChangeDocLanguage.Language |
| [0..1] | I_LanguageText | _ChangeDocLanguageText | _ChangeDocLanguageText.Language = $session.system_language and _ChangeDocLanguageText.LanguageCode = $projection.ChangeDocLanguage |
| [0..1] | I_ChangeDocUser | _user | $projection.CreatedByUser = _user.UserName |
Annotations (8)
| Name | Value | Level | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccessControl.authorizationCheck | #PRIVILEGED_ONLY | view | |
| EndUserText.label | Change Documents | view | |
| Metadata.ignorePropagatedAnnotations | true | view | |
| Metadata.allowExtensions | true | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality | #X | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory | #XXL | view | |
| ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass | #MIXED | view | |
| VDM.viewType | #BASIC | view |
Fields (34)
| Key | Field | Source Table | Source Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY | ChangeDocObjectClass | cdpos | objectclas | Change Doc. Object |
| KEY | ChangeDocObject | cdpos | objectid | Object Value |
| KEY | ChangeDocument | cdpos | changenr | Document Number |
| KEY | ChangeDocDatabaseTable | cdpos | tabname | Table/Constant Value |
| KEY | ChangeDocShortTableKey | cdpos | tabkey | Table Keys |
| KEY | ChangeDocDatabaseTableField | cdpos | fname | User |
| KEY | ChangeDocItemChangeType | cdpos | chngind | Change Indicator |
| tabkeyendasChangeDocTableKey | ||||
| CreatedByUser | cdhdr | username | User who owns item | |
| usernameendasChangeDocCreatedByUser | ||||
| CreationDate | cdhdr | udate | Update Date | |
| CreationTime | cdhdr | utime | Time | |
| clientNULLascdcreatedasCreationDateTime | ||||
| ChangeTransactionCode | cdhdr | tcode | Undefined range (can be used for patch levels) | |
| ChangeDocChangeType | cdhdr | change_ind | Object Change | |
| ChangeDocLanguage | cdhdr | langu | Primary lang. | |
| ChangeDocPreviousUnit | ||||
| ChangeDocNewUnit | ||||
| ChangeDocPreviousCurrency | ||||
| ChangeDocNewCurrency | ||||
| ChangeDocNewFieldValueDB | cdpos | value_new | New Value | |
| ChangeDocPreviousFieldValueDB | cdpos | value_old | Old Value | |
| ChangeDocNewString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocStringNew | ||
| ChangeDocPreviousString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocStringOld | ||
| ChangeDocNewShortString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocShortStringNew | ||
| ChangeDocPreviousShortString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocShortStringOld | ||
| ChangeDocNewRawString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocRawStringNew | ||
| ChangeDocPreviousRawString | _ChangeDocumentItemExtension | ChangeDocRawStringOld | ||
| _ChangeTypeText | _ChangeTypeText | |||
| _ChangeDocLanguage | _ChangeDocLanguage | |||
| _ChangeDocLanguageText | _ChangeDocLanguageText | |||
| _user | _user | |||
| _TableText | _TableText | |||
| _FieldText | _FieldText |
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_ChangeDocument_2.
-- 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_ChangeDocument_2 AS
SELECT
cdpos.objectclas AS ChangeDocObjectClass,
cdpos.objectid AS ChangeDocObject,
cdpos.changenr AS ChangeDocument,
cdpos.tabname AS ChangeDocDatabaseTable,
cdpos.tabkey AS ChangeDocShortTableKey,
cdpos.fname AS ChangeDocDatabaseTableField,
cdpos.chngind AS ChangeDocItemChangeType,
case when _ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocTableKey is not initial then _ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocTableKey when _ChangeDocLongTableKey.ChangeDocLongTableKey is not initial then _ChangeDocLongTableKey.ChangeDocLongTableKey else cdpos.tabkey end as ChangeDocTableKey AS tabkeyendasChangeDocTableKey,
cdhdr.username AS CreatedByUser,
case when _user.NAME_TEXTC is not initial then _user.NAME_TEXTC else cdhdr.username end as ChangeDocCreatedByUser AS usernameendasChangeDocCreatedByUser,
cdhdr.udate AS CreationDate,
cdhdr.utime AS CreationTime,
cast(dats_tims_to_tstmp ( cdhdr.udate, cdhdr.utime, abap_system_timezone( $session.client, 'NULL' ), $session.client, 'NULL' ) as cdcreated ) as CreationDateTime AS clientNULLascdcreatedasCreationDateTime,
cdhdr.tcode AS ChangeTransactionCode,
cdhdr.change_ind AS ChangeDocChangeType,
cdhdr.langu AS ChangeDocLanguage,
cast ( cdpos.unit_old as cdunito preserving type ) AS ChangeDocPreviousUnit,
cast ( cdpos.unit_new as cdunitn preserving type ) AS ChangeDocNewUnit,
cast ( cdpos.cuky_old as cdcukyo preserving type ) AS ChangeDocPreviousCurrency,
cast ( cdpos.cuky_new as cdcukyn preserving type ) AS ChangeDocNewCurrency,
cdpos.value_new AS ChangeDocNewFieldValueDB,
cdpos.value_old AS ChangeDocPreviousFieldValueDB,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocStringNew AS ChangeDocNewString,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocStringOld AS ChangeDocPreviousString,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocShortStringNew AS ChangeDocNewShortString,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocShortStringOld AS ChangeDocPreviousShortString,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocRawStringNew AS ChangeDocNewRawString,
_ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocRawStringOld AS ChangeDocPreviousRawString
FROM cdpos
LEFT OUTER JOIN cdhdr ON /* join condition not captured in parsed metadata */
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_ChangeDocLongTableKey AS _ChangeDocLongTableKey ON ChangeDocShortTableKey = _ChangeDocLongTableKey.ChangeDocKeyGuid -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_ChangeDocumentItemExtension AS _ChangeDocumentItemExtension ON ChangeDocShortTableKey = _ChangeDocumentItemExtension.ChangeDocKeyGuid -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_Language AS _ChangeDocLanguage ON ChangeDocLanguage = _ChangeDocLanguage.Language -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_LanguageText AS _ChangeDocLanguageText ON _ChangeDocLanguageText.Language = $session.system_language AND _ChangeDocLanguageText.LanguageCode = ChangeDocLanguage -- association [0..1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_ChangeDocUser AS _user ON CreatedByUser = _user.UserName -- association [0..1]
;
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