Creating an Append View

1. Open the Repository Browser and navigate to the view to which you want to append the append view.

   For more information, see Append Views .

2. Double-click on the view.

   The maintenance screen of the view appears in display mode.

3. Choose Goto → Append View

   Either a dialog box appears in which you must enter the name of the append view, or a list of all the append views that were already created for the append view appears. If append views already exist, you have to choose  with the quick info text Create Append to get the dialog box for entering the name. This name must lie in the customer namespace (or in the namespace of the partner or special development).

4. Enter the name of the append view and choose  with the quick info text Enter.

   The maintenance screen of the append view appears. The tables contained in the view are listed in column Table. With the append view you can now include more fields of these tables in the underlying database view.

   Caution

   You cannot add more tables with an append view.

5. Enter an explanatory text in the Short Description field.

   This text describes the cause or role of the enhancement of the underlying database view.

6. In column Tables on the View Fields tab page, select the table from which you want to insert more fields in the append view.
7. Choose Table fields.

   The system displays a list of all the fields of the table. Fields that are already contained in the view are marked by the indicator in the first column.

8. Mark the fields that you want to insert in the view using the indicator in the first column.
9. Choose  Copy.

   The system shows the selected fields in the area View field.

10. Choose  with the quick info text Save.
11. Choose  with the quick info text Activate.

When you activate the append view, the system also activates the underlying view and adds the new fields to the view in the database.