Creating Cluster Tables

  1. Enter a name for the table in the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, select object class Tables, and then choose Dictionary object ® Create.

    2. You branch to the field maintenance for the table. Table type Transparent table is set as default. Make the necessary entries in the fields Short text and Delivery class.

  2. Choose Extras ® Change table type. A dialog box appears in which you have to select table type Cluster table.
  3. Select Choose.

    4. You return to the field maintenance for the table. The field Pool/cluster name is displayed in addition to the standard fields.

  4. Enter the name of the table cluster to which you wish to assign the cluster table in the field Pool/cluster name.

Proceed as when creating a transparent table (see Creating Tables). Remember that it is not necessary to create indexes for cluster tables.

The key of a cluster table must correspond to the key of the table cluster assigned to it.

You can maintain all the technical settings of a cluster table. Before you can access these attributes, however, you must convert the table to a transparent table. When cluster tables are created in the database, they are stored in the area reserved for the associated table cluster. The technical settings are not used while the table is assigned to a table cluster.