ABAP Data Dictionary

Tanmaya Gupta (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

403 Seiten

2011
SAP Press (Verlag)
978-1-59229-379-7 (ISBN)

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Master everything you need to know about the central repository of information for ABAP data Learn both general information and specific technical details about ABAP Data Dictionary components Explore practical examples and problem-solving tips to improve your programming skills If you regularly work with the ABAP Data Dictionary, this is the reference you need. Whether you re a beginner or an advanced user, this book will answer your questions about the central repository of information for ABAP data. You ll learn basic background information as well as details about the specific functionality of Data Dictionary elements (domains, tables, views, etc.). The book also provides coverage of more complex topics, such as lock objects, search helps, and the database utility. Comprehensive Overview Benefit from a comprehensive overview that offers valuable information for beginning and advanced users of the ABAP Data Dictionary. Data Dictionary Elements Learn both basic information and specific details about elements such as domains, tables, and views. Programming Skills Enhance your programming skills by learning from example listings that demonstrate beginning and advanced concepts.
Standard and Complex Tasks Find helpful tips and tricks for accomplishing the various tasks related to the ABAP Data Dictionary. Practical Approach Explore the many step-by-step instructions and detailed screenshots that elaborate upon important concepts.

Tanmaya Gupta is an ABAP developer who has worked on ABAP projects for multiple companies, including AT&T, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and MOLEX. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering, and is experienced in a number of areas of ABAP, including dialog programming and scripts.

* ... Introduction ... 13 * ... Acknowledgments ... 17 * 1 ... Introduction ... 19 * 1.1 ... Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing (SAP) ... 19 * 1.2 ... Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) ... 21 * 1.3 ... Data Dictionary ... 22 * 1.3.1 ... Data Dictionary Tasks ... 23 * 1.3.2 ... Objects in the Data Dictionary ... 24 * 1.4 ... Summary ... 25 * 2 ... Data Types ... 27 * 2.1 ... Data Types ... 27 * 2.1.1 ... Built-In Elementary Data Types ... 28 * 2.1.2 ... User-Defined Data Types ... 32 * 2.2 ... Mapping of the Data Types ... 35 * 2.3 ... Summary ... 38 * 3 ... Domains ... 39 * 3.1 ... An Introduction to Domains ... 39 * 3.2 ... Attributes of Domains ... 41 * 3.2.1 ... Short Description ... 42 * 3.2.2 ... Properties Tab ... 42 * 3.2.3 ... Definition Tab ... 43 * 3.2.4 ... Value Range Tab ... 50 * 3.2.5 ... Documentation ... 52 * 3.3 ... Creating Domains ... 52 * 3.4 ... Changing Domains ... 55 * 3.5 ... Deleting Domains ... 56 * 3.6 ... Summary ... 57 * 4 ... Data Elements ... 59 * 4.1 ... An Introduction to Data Elements ... 59 * 4.2 ... Attributes of Data Elements ... 59 * 4.2.1 ... Short Description ... 60 * 4.2.2 ... Attributes Tab ... 60 * 4.2.3 ... Data Type Tab ... 61 * 4.2.4 ... Field Label Tab ... 63 * 4.2.5 ... Further Characteristics Tab ... 64 * 4.2.6 ... Documentation ... 69 * 4.3 ... Creating Data Elements ... 71 * 4.4 ... Deleting Data Elements ... 75 * 4.5 ... Summary ... 76 * 5 ... Tables ... 77 * 5.1 ... An Introduction to Tables ... 77 * 5.1.1 ... Transparent Tables ... 77 * 5.2 ... Components of a Table ... 82 * 5.2.1 ... Table Fields ... 84 * 5.2.2 ... Includes ... 89 * 5.2.3 ... Foreign Key ... 92 * 5.2.4 ... Technical Settings ... 112 * 5.2.5 ... Indexes ... 122 * 5.2.6 ... Enhancements in Tables (Append Structures and Customizing Includes) ... 127 * 5.2.7 ... Delivery Class ... 133 * 5.2.8 ... Activation Types ... 135 * 5.2.9 ... Data Browser/Table View Maintenance ... 136 * 5.3 ... Creating Tables ... 137 * 5.3.1 ... Options when Creating Tables ... 140 * 5.3.2 ... Maintaining Technical Settings ... 143 * 5.3.3 ... Creating Foreign Keys ... 144 * 5.3.4 ... Creating Secondary Indexes ... 147 * 5.4 ... Changing Tables ... 149 * 5.4.1 ... Inserting New Fields ... 150 * 5.4.2 ... Deleting Existing Fields ... 152 * 5.4.3 ... Changing Existing Fields ... 153 * 5.4.4 ... Changing Table Category ... 154 * 5.4.5 ... Moving Fields ... 155 * 5.4.6 ... Copying Fields from Another Table ... 156 * 5.5 ... Deleting Tables ... 158 * 5.6 ... Creating Other Dictionary Objects ... 159 * 5.6.1 ... Creating Table Pools ... 159 * 5.6.2 ... Creating Table Clusters ... 162 * 5.6.3 ... Creating Pooled Tables/Cluster Tables ... 164 * 5.7 ... Deleting Other Dictionary Objects ... 166 * 5.8 ... Summary ... 167 * 6 ... Views ... 169 * 6.1 ... An Introduction to Views ... 169 * 6.2 ... Attributes of Views ... 170 * 6.2.1 ... Join ... 170 * 6.2.2 ... Relationship between Foreign Keys and Join Conditions ... 173 * 6.2.3 ... Projection ... 173 * 6.2.4 ... Selection ... 174 * 6.2.5 ... Maintenance Status ... 175 * 6.3 ... Types of Views ... 176 * 6.3.1 ... Database Views ... 177 * 6.3.2 ... Projection Views ... 179 * 6.3.3 ... Append Views ... 179 * 6.3.4 ... Help Views ... 180 * 6.3.5 ... Maintenance Views ... 181 * 6.4 ... Creating and Deleting Views ... 182 * 6.4.1 ... Creating Database Views ... 183 * 6.4.2 ... Creating Projection Views ... 189 * 6.4.3 ... Creating Append Views ... 191 * 6.4.4 ... Creating Help Views ... 194 * 6.4.5 ... Creating Maintenance Views ... 198 * 6.4.6 ... Deleting Views ... 204 * 6.5 ... Summary ... 204 * 7 ... Table Maintenance Dialog ... 205 * 7.1 ... Table Maintenance Dialog: Initial Screen (Transaction: SE54) ... 206 * 7.2 ... Table Maintenance Generator ... 208 * 7.2.1 ... Components of Table Maintenance Generator ... 208 * 7.2.2 ... Creating the Table Maintenance Generator ... 218 * 7.2.3 ... Modifying the Table Maintenance Generator ... 221 * 7.3 ... Maintaining Authorization Groups ... 239 * 7.4 ... Maintaining Function Group ... 243 * 7.5 ... View Variants ... 245 * 7.6 ... View Clusters ... 250 * 7.6.1 ... Structure of a View Cluster ... 250 * 7.6.2 ... Creating View Clusters ... 251 * 7.6.3 ... Testing View Clusters ... 259 * 7.7 ... Summary ... 261 * 8 ... Complex Data Types: Structures and Table Types ... 263 * 8.1 ... Structures ... 264 * 8.1.1 ... Types of Structures ... 264 * 8.1.2 ... Creating Structures ... 266 * 8.2 ... Table Types ... 271 * 8.2.1 ... Access Mode ... 272 * 8.2.2 ... Key Definition ... 273 * 8.2.3 ... Key Category ... 274 * 8.2.4 ... Generic Table Types ... 275 * 8.2.5 ... Correlation between Table Types and Internal Tables ... 276 * 8.2.6 ... Creating Table Types ... 276 * 8.2.7 ... Ranges Table Types ... 279 * 8.2.8 ... Creating Ranges Table Types ... 280 * 8.3 ... Deleting Data Types ... 283 * 8.4 ... Summary ... 283 * 9 ... Search Helps ... 285 * 9.1 ... Introduction to Search Helps ... 285 * 9.2 ... Types of Search Help ... 286 * 9.2.1 ... Elementary Search Help ... 287 * 9.2.2 ... Collective Search Help ... 294 * 9.2.3 ... Search Help Exit ... 297 * 9.3 ... Creating Search Help ... 300 * 9.3.1 ... Creating Elementary Search Helps ... 300 * 9.3.2 ... Creating Collective Search Helps ... 305 * 9.4 ... Value Transport for Input Helps ... 311 * 9.4.1 ... Parameterizing the Import Parameters ... 311 * 9.4.2 ... Returning the Values from the Hit List ... 312 * 9.5 ... Search Help Attachment ... 312 * 9.5.1 ... Search Help Attachment to a Data Element ... 313 * 9.5.2 ... Search Help Attachment to a Check Table ... 316 * 9.5.3 ... Search Help Attached to a Table or Structure Field ... 318 * 9.5.4 ... Search Help Attached to a Screen Field ... 320 * 9.5.5 ... Hierarchy of the Search Help Call ... 322 * 9.6 ... Summary ... 324 * 10 ... Lock Objects ... 325 * 10.1 ... An Introduction to Locks ... 325 * 10.2 ... Lock Mechanisms and Their Attributes ... 327 * 10.2.1 ... Lock Objects ... 327 * 10.2.2 ... Lock Arguments ... 328 * 10.2.3 ... Lock Mode ... 329 * 10.2.4 ... Lock Server ... 330 * 10.2.5 ... _SCOPE Parameter ... 333 * 10.2.6 ... Lock Table ... 334 * 10.2.7 ... Local Lock Containers ... 336 * 10.2.8 ... Function Modules for Lock Requests ... 337 * 10.2.9 ... Foreign Keys in Lock Objects ... 341 * 10.2.10 ... Lock Mechanism ... 342 * 10.3 ... Creating Lock Objects ... 343 * 10.4 ... Deleting Lock Objects ... 347 * 10.5 ... Summary ... 348 * 11 ... Database Utility ... 349 * 11.1 ... An Introduction to the Database Utility ... 349 * 11.2 ... Processing Types ... 351 * 11.2.1 ... Direct ... 352 * 11.2.2 ... Background ... 352 * 11.2.3 ... Enter for Mass Processing ... 353 * 11.3 ... Storage Parameters ... 363 * 11.3.1 ... Storage Parameter for a Table ... 364 * 11.3.2 ... Maintaining Storage Parameters ... 364 * 11.4 ... Runtime Objects ... 367 * 11.5 ... Activation ... 370 * 11.5.1 ... Mass Activation ... 370 * 11.5.2 ... Background Activation ... 373 * 11.6 ... Adjusting Database Structures ... 374 * 11.7 ... Conversion ... 376 * 11.7.1 ... Conversion Process ... 376 * 11.7.2 ... Conversion Problems ... 380 * 11.7.3 ... Continuing Terminated Conversions ... 381 * 11.7.4 ... Finding Terminated Conversions ... 383 * 11.8 ... Editing Dictionary Objects in the Database ... 383 * 11.8.1 ... Editing Tables ... 384 * 11.8.2 ... Editing Views ... 389 * 11.9 ... Summary ... 394 * ... The Author ... 395 * ... Index ... 397

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2011
Reihe/Serie	SAP PRESS Englisch
Verlagsort	Maryland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► SAP
Schlagworte	ABAP • Data Dictionary • SAP NetWeaver
ISBN-10	1-59229-379-4 / 1592293794
ISBN-13	978-1-59229-379-7 / 9781592293797
Zustand	Neuware