What is I_Characteristic in SAP S/4HANA?

I_Characteristic is a basic CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Characteristic It contains 9 fields.

Which tables does I_Characteristic read from?

I_Characteristic reads data from: cabn.

What VDM layer is I_Characteristic?

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

I_Characteristic

DDL: I_CHARACTERISTIC SQL: ICHARACTERISTIC Type: view BASIC

9 Fields 1 Data Sources

Characteristic

I_Characteristic is a Basic CDS View that provides data about "Characteristic" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (cabn) and exposes 9 fields with key fields CharacteristicInternalID, ValidityStartDate.

Data Sources (1)

Source	Alias	Join Type
cabn	cabn	from

Annotations (10)

Name	Value	Level
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#C	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#M	view
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	ICHARACTERISTIC	view
VDM.viewType	#BASIC	view
VDM.lifecycle.status	#DEPRECATED	view
VDM.lifecycle.successor	I_ClfnCharacteristic	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
EndUserText.label	Characteristic	view

Fields (9)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	CharacteristicInternalID	cabn	atinn	Internal char.
KEY	ValidityStartDate	cabn	datuv	Valid-from date
	CharacteristicChangeNumber	cabn	aennr	Change Number
	Characteristic	cabn	atnam	Characteristic
	CharacteristicIsDeleted	cabn	lkenz	Deletion Ind.
	CharacteristicBaseUnit	cabn	msehi	Unit of measmnt
	DocumentType	cabn	dokar	SW Document Type
	DocumentVersion	cabn	dokvr	Doc. Version
	DocumentPart	cabn	doktl	Document Part

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_Characteristic.
-- 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: ICHARACTERISTIC

CREATE VIEW I_Characteristic AS
SELECT
  cabn.atinn AS CharacteristicInternalID,
  cabn.datuv AS ValidityStartDate,
  cabn.aennr AS CharacteristicChangeNumber,
  cabn.atnam AS Characteristic,
  cabn.lkenz AS CharacteristicIsDeleted,
  cabn.msehi AS CharacteristicBaseUnit,
  cabn.dokar AS DocumentType,
  cabn.dokvr AS DocumentVersion,
  cabn.doktl AS DocumentPart
FROM cabn
;

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I_Characteristic view

cabn