Creating Projection Views 

Procedure

1. Enter an explanatory short text in the field Short text.

You can for example find the view at a later time using this short text.

2. Enter a table name in the field Base table.

A projection view always contains exactly one table.

3. Select the fields of the base table that you want to include in the view.

Choose Table fields. The fields of the table are now displayed in a dialog box. You can copy fields by selecting them in the first column and choosing Copy.

4. Save your entries.

You are asked to assign the view a development class. You can change this development class later with Goto ® Object directory entry.

5. Choose .

The help view is activated. At activation, a log is written; it can be displayed with Utilities ® Activation log. If errors or warnings occurring when the view was activated, they are displayed directly in the activation log.

• Create documentation: You can create information about using the view with Goto ® Documentation. This documentation is output for example when you print the view.
• Change data element of a view field: Select column Mod (modification) for the particular view field. The Data element field is now ready for input. You can enter a data element that refers to the same domain as the data element of the assigned table field here. Cancel the Mod flag if you want to use the data element of the assigned table field again.
• Change maintenance status: The maintenance status determines how you can access the view data from ABAP programs (read only, read and change). Choose Extras ® Maintenance status. A dialog box appears in which you can select the maintenance status of the view.
• Check functions: With Utilities ® Runtime object ® Check you can determine whether the definition of the view in the ABAP Dictionary maintenance screen is identical to the specifications in the runtime object of the view. With Utilities ® Runtime object ® Display you can display the runtime object of the view.

Projection Views