What is I_WorkflowExternalStatus in SAP S/4HANA?

I_WorkflowExternalStatus is a composite CDS view in SAP S/4HANA. Workflow Status It contains 2 fields.

Which tables does I_WorkflowExternalStatus read from?

I_WorkflowExternalStatus reads data from: I_WorkflowTaskStatus.

What VDM layer is I_WorkflowExternalStatus?

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

I_WorkflowExternalStatus

DDL: I_WORKFLOWEXTERNALSTATUS SQL: IWRKFLWSTTS Type: view COMPOSITE

2 Fields 1 Data Sources 1 Associations

Workflow Status

I_WorkflowExternalStatus (Composite)

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Cross Applications

I_WorkflowExternalStatus is a Composite CDS View that provides data about "Workflow Status" in SAP S/4HANA. It reads from 1 data source (I_WorkflowTaskStatus) and exposes 2 fields with key field WorkflowExternalStatus. It has 1 association to related views.

SAP Help Documentation

Category	CDS Views for Flexible Workflow
Status	Display text for the technical status of a workflow instance (part of related text view, translated)

Purpose
This CDS view exposes the status of a workflow (e.g. READY, STARTED, COMPLETED). This CDS view provides the data to answer the following business questions: What are the technical states a workflow instance can have? 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
Authorizations Users who want to use this CDS view don't need any special authorization.

Structure
Important Fields Important fields in this view include the following: Field Name Description WorkflowExternalStatus Technical status of a workflow instance. Values are WAITING READY, SELECTED, STARTED, ERROR, COMMITTED, COMPLETED, CANCELLED, CHECKED, EXCPCAUGHT, EXCPHANDLR WorkflowExternalStatusDesc Display text for the technical status of a workflow instance (part of related text view, translated)

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SAP API Hub

State	C1
Line of Business	Cross Applications
Application Component	BC-BMT-WFM
Capabilities	Data Source in SQL Select, Data Source for Defining CDS Entities, Association Target for Defining CDS Entities
Package	Cross Applications 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 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
I_WorkflowTaskStatus	I_WorkflowTaskStatus	from

Associations (1)

Cardinality	Target	Alias	Condition
[0..*]	I_WorkflowExternalStatusText	_WorkflowExternalStatusText	`$projection.WorkflowExternalStatus = _WorkflowExternalStatusText.WorkflowExternalStatus`

Annotations (10)

Name	Value	Level
AbapCatalog.sqlViewName	IWRKFLWSTTS	view
AbapCatalog.compiler.compareFilter	true	view
VDM.viewType	#COMPOSITE	view
ClientHandling.algorithm	#SESSION_VARIABLE	view
AccessControl.authorizationCheck	#NOT_REQUIRED	view
ObjectModel.usageType.serviceQuality	#C	view
ObjectModel.usageType.sizeCategory	#S	view
ObjectModel.usageType.dataClass	#MASTER	view
EndUserText.label	Workflow Status	view
ObjectModel.representativeKey	WorkflowExternalStatus	view

Fields (2)

Key	Field	Source Table	Source Field	Description
KEY	WorkflowExternalStatus		WorkflowTaskStatus
	_WorkflowExternalStatusText		_WorkflowExternalStatusText

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_WorkflowExternalStatus.
-- 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: IWRKFLWSTTS

CREATE VIEW I_WorkflowExternalStatus AS
SELECT
  WorkflowTaskStatus AS WorkflowExternalStatus
FROM I_WorkflowTaskStatus
LEFT OUTER JOIN I_WorkflowExternalStatusText AS _WorkflowExternalStatusText ON WorkflowExternalStatus = _WorkflowExternalStatusText.WorkflowExternalStatus  -- association [0..*]
;

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I_WorkflowExternalStatus view

I_WorkflowTaskStatus view