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If you want to display or edit the data model hierarchy for another data model, you can switch to this data model. Proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Modeling Object Next navigation step Other Model End of the navigation path. A dialog box appears.

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

    • Name known

      Enter the name of the data model you require in the dialog box.

    • Part of name known

      Enter the part of the name you know in the entry field and use * to represent the part you do now know (for example, uni*). Click on the arrow to the right of the entry field. A hit list is displayed.

      Position the cursor on the model you require and choose Transfer. The name of the selected data model now appears in the input field.

    • Name unknown

      You can display a list of all existing data models. To do this, enter * in the first search field of the line Data Model in the ABAP Repository Information System. Alternatively, you can search the ABAP Repository Information System for a specific data model by entering selection options.

      Position the cursor on the model you require in the hit list and choose Transfer. The name of the selected data model now appears in the input field.

  3. To display the hierarchy of the data model you require, choose Continue.

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