Hierarchy: Access
You can access the hierarchy either from the Data Modeler initial screen or from the data model definition:
From the initial screen of the Data Modeler
Hierarchy of SAP models
You can call the hierarchy of the SAP models directly from the initial screen of the Data Modeler. Since this hierarchy contains all application models supplied by SAP, you can quickly gain an overview of all the models or navigate to a specific model.
Follow the procedure below:
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1. Call the initial screen of the Data Modeler.
2. On the initial screen, choose Modeling object → SAP Application mod. or SAP Architecture mod., or choose the relevant pushbutton. The hierarchy of all SAP models is displayed.
Accessing the hierarchy from a specific data model
The procedure to be used varies according to whether you know the full name of the data model from which you wish to access the data model hierarchy, only part of the name, or whether you do not know the name at all.
Complete name known
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1. On the Data Modeler: Initial Screen, enter the name of the data model in the Modeling object field.
2. Choose Modeling Object → Data Model Hierarchy. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.
Part of name known
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1. On the Data Modeler: Initial Screen, select Data model hierarchy under Selection.
2. Enter the part of the name you know in the Modeling object. input field. Use * to represent the part you do not know (for example, uni*).
3. Click on the arrow to the right of the entry field.
4. A hit list of all objects corresponding to the pattern you entered appears. To copy the name of the data model you require, select the data model by clicking it and activating the Choose pushbutton. The name now appears on the initial screen.
5. Choose Modeling Object → Data Model Hierarchy. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.
Name unknown
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1. Leave the input field Modeling object empty on the Data Modeler: Initial Screen.
2. Choose Find. The relevant standard selection screen of the ABAP Repository Information System appears.
Selecting a specific data model
Enter your selection criteria and choose Program →Execute. A hit list is displayed. Select the data model you require from the list and choose Display. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.
List of all existing data models
Make no entry in the line Data model in the selection screen.
Under Settings set the Max. no. of hits to 9999 and choose Execute. A hit list is displayed. Select the data model you require from the list and choose Display. The Display Data Model: Definition screen appears.
3. Choose Goto → Hierarchy. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.
From the data model definition
From the definition of a data model, choose Goto → Hierarchy to access the data model hierarchy.
The data model you selected or from whose definition you accessed the hierarchy is now displayed as the root along with its direct successors in the screen Display Data Model: Hierarchy or Change Data Model: Hierarchy.
You can switch between display and maintain modes by choosing Display<->Change.
To display the color legend, choose Utilities → Color legend.
Other subjects:
Hierarchy: Changing the Display
Hierarchy: Switching Data Models
Hierarchy: Performing Consistency Checks
Hierarchy: Accessing the Graphics