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Creating Consumption views based on basic/interface views

Jerome Monteu Nana

11/26/2018

Beginner
20 min.
SAP S/4HANA, Tutorial, Beginner
Create a Consumption CDS view

You will learn

  • How to use Core Data Services
  • How to create a consumption views on top of interface views.

Step 1: Prepare the ABAP perspective

Make sure that your Eclipse Framework is opened in the ABAP perspective and that you are in the project explorer tab. From there expand the folder $TMP-SHA (see 1 in the screenshot). Next, expand the subfolder Data Core Services and select Data Definitions. From there, right-click on Data Definitions, and in the opened ABAP Repository Object window, select DDL Source and click Enter.

Create the consumption view

In the new window DDL Source (Create a DDL Source), the Project is called S4H_100_sha_en and the Package is called$TMP (see 1 in the screenshot below). Enter ZXSHC_AIRLINEQUERY as the Name (2 in the screenshot), Airline Query, public view, VDM consumption view (3 in the screenshot) as Description and press Finish.

Create the consumption view

In the new window DDL Source (**Templates Select one of the available templates**), select Define View and click Finish

Create the consumption view
Step 2: Generate code for the view

Code for the new created view named ZXSHC_AIRLINEQUERY is generated:

Create the consumption view

In the generated code, we will replace data source name (2) with zxshI_Airline, #CHECK (3) with NOT_REQUIRED, sql_view_name (4)
with ZXSCHAIRLINEEQ and Airline Query ... (6) with Airline. Save the changes.

Rename the consumption viewRename the consumption view
Step 3: Add annotations

Insert two new annotations: a VDM Annotation and an OData Annotation
to the generated code:

First, insert a new line after line 4 with the following text:
@VDM.ViewType: #CONSUMPTION

Enhance the consumption view

Insert a new line after line 5 with the following text:
@OData.publish: true

Enhancement consumption view with OData annotation

Finally, save the changes.

Step 4: Insert all columns of the interface view

Next, enhance the code by inserting the interface view (zxshI_Airline) columns. To achieve this, position the mouse pointer before the bracket near the view name zxshI_Airline, press Ctrl + Space bar. Within the displayed window select insert all elements and press Enter.

Enhance the consumption view with column selection

Save and activate the modifications.

Activate and save the Consumption view
Step 5: Resolve error

After the activation , an error is shown on the coding editor due to a missing key.

Error after trying to save the view

If you hover on the error a window with the error cause will be displayed.

Error message after trying to save the view

To resolve the error, define a key.

Define the first column of the view as key

Save and activate the changes and then hover again as shown below.

OData publishing
Step 6: Check complete code
View Full Instructions

You can copy this content from here and paste it to the code editor of your ABAP perspective as well, instead of enhancing the generated code and typing it on your own:

    @AbapCatalog.sqlViewName: 'ZXSHCAIRLINEQ'
    @AccessControl.authorizationCheck: #NOT_REQUIRED
    @EndUserText.label: 'Airline'
    @VDM.viewType: #CONSUMPTION
    @OData.publish: true
    define view ZxshC_Airlinequery as select from ZxshI_Airline {
    key ZxshI_Airline.Airline,
    ZxshI_Airline.AirlineLocalCurrency,
    ZxshI_Airline.AirlineURL
    }

Notes

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