Accessing the Data Modeler

Access from the menu:

Starting from the SAP Menu, choose Tools  ABAP Workbench.

On the ABAP Development Workbench screen, choose Development  Data Modeler to display the screen Data Modeler: Initial Screen.

Access using the Object Navigator

Starting from the SAP Menu, choose Tools  ABAP Workbench.

On the ABAP Development Workbench screen, click the Object Browser pushbutton. The screen Object Browser:Initial Screen is displayed. You can now choose whether to continue working under Object List or Single Object.

Object List

Under the heading Object List, you can branch to object lists by selecting one of the options Development Class, Program, Function Group, or Local Priv. Objects, making an entry in the relevant field, and choosing Display. In the list that is now displayed, you can search for the object you require, select it by clicking it, and choose a processing option ( Display, for example). The Data Modeler screen appropriate for your processing type selection is displayed.

If you double-click an object name, you branch to the relevant definition screen in display mode in the case of entity types, and to the relevant data model hierarchy in the case of data models. You can change the editing mode ( Display <-> Change) in these screens and use the functions of the Data Modeler.

Single object

With Single object you can branch directly to an individual modeling object.

Under Single Object Business Engineering choose Edit. In the screen Modeling Objects, you have to select one of the options Data Model or Entity Type.

The procedure to be used varies according to whether you know the full name, only part of the name, or whether you do not know the name at all.

Name known

Enter the name in the entry field. Then choose the desired processing mode (such as Change).

The relevant screen of the Data Modeler appears. If required, you can now change the editing mode ( Disp.<-> Chnge) and can use the functions of the Data Modeler.

Part of name known

Enter the part of the name you know in the entry field and use * to represent the part you do not know (for example, uni*). Click on the arrow to the right of the entry field.

A hit list of all objects corresponding to the pattern you entered appears. To copy the name of the object you require to the entry field, position the cursor on the object and click on Choose.

Then choose the editing type you require (for example, Display) in the screen Modeling Objects. The relevant screen of the Data Modeler appears. If required, you can now change the editing mode ( Disp.<-> Chnge) and can use the functions of the Data Modeler.

Name unknown

Without making an entry in the input field, click on the arrow to the right of the field. A hit list is displayed.

Position the cursor on the object you require in the hit list and click on Choose to copy the name to the entry field of the screen you started from.

Then choose the editing type you require (for example, Display) in the screen Modeling Objects. The relevant screen of the Data Modeler appears. If required, you can now change the editing mode ( Disp.<-> Chnge) and can use the functions of the Data Modeler.

Access through the Repository Information System:

Starting from the SAP Menu, choose Tools  ABAP Workbench.

On the ABAP Development Workbench screen, choose Overview  Infosystem. Position the cursor on the node Modeling and expand the node with Edit  Expand Subtree. Double-click with the mouse on the object class to be found. The relevant selection screen will be displayed.

The standard selection for the object class is defaulted. To obtain all selection options for this object class, choose All Selections.

Enter your search criteria and choose Execute. A hit list is displayed.

Pressing F3 returns you to the hit list. Alternatively, you can select the object your require and choose an editing type. Or you can select the required objec and select an editing mode.

In the definition screen in the Data Modeler, you can change the editing mode ( Disp.<-> Chnge) and can use the functions of the Data Modeler.

Accessing the hierarchy of the SAP model:

1. Call the initial screen of the Data Modeler.

2. In the initial screen, select Modeling Object  SAP Application Mod. or SAP Architecture Mod. or the corresponding pushbutton. You branch automatically to the hierarchy of the SAP model.