SAP ABAP Data Element VIEWNAME (Name of SAP table view)
Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   BC-DWB-DIC-AC (Application Component) Activation Program, Conversion Program, DB Utility, MC, SPDD
     SMAC (Package) R/3 Matchcode Development
Basic Data
Data Element VIEWNAME
Short Description Name of SAP table view  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type VIEWNAME    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 30    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 30    
Value Table DD25L    
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID DVI  
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 View 
Medium 15 View name 
Long 20 View name 
Heading 10 View name 
Documentation

Definition

A view is a logical view on one or more tables, that is, a view is not actually physically stored, instead being derived from one or more other tables.

In the simplest case, this derivation process can involve simply suppressing the display of one or more fields from a table (projection) or transferring only certain records from a table to the view (selection). More complicated views can be assembled from several tables, with individual tables being linked using the relational join operation.

Use

Logical views for the application permitting direct access to the data can be generated with the definition of view. The structure of such a view is defined by specifying the tables and fields involved in the view.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20010130 
SAP Release Created in