SAP ABAP Data Element /IWBEP/SBOD_GEN_CARDINALITY (Service Builder: Cardinality)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_GWFND (Software Component) SAP Gateway Foundation
   ⤷ OPU-BSE-SB (Application Component) Gateway Service Builder
     ⤷ /IWBEP/SB_ODATA_DM (Package) Gateway Service Builder - Domain Model Plugin

Basic Data

Data Element	/IWBEP/SBOD_GEN_CARDINALITY
Short Description	Service Builder: Cardinality

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	/IWBEP/SBOD_GEN_CARDINALITY
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Card
Medium	15	Cardinality
Long	20	Cardinality
Heading	11	Cardinality

Documentation

Definition

Cardinality is the measure of the number of Entity instances occuring in a relationship.

Use

Cardinality always defines the characteristics of an association.

Cardinality     Description

0..1    No more than one instance occurs. Zero instances are also permitted.

1     Occurrence of exactly one instance

0..n     Occurrence of zero or more instances

1..n     Occurrence of one or more instances

Dependencies

Example

An example of an association is the relationship between the Customer and Order entities. Typically, this relationship has the following characteristics:

Multiplicity: each Order is associated with exactly one Customer. Every Customer has zero or more Orders.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
SAP Release Created in	200