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Use

You can access the hierarchy either from the Data Modeler initial screen or from the data model definition:

Process

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:

  1. Call the initial screen of the Data Modeler.

  2. In the initial screen, select Start of the navigation path Modeling Object Next navigation step SAP Application Mod. End of the navigation path or SAP Architecture Mod. or the corresponding 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.

Name known

  1. On the Data Modeler: Initial Screen, enter the name of the data model in the Modeling Object field.

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path Modeling Object Next navigation step Data Model Hierarchy End of the navigation path. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.

Part of name known

  1. On the Data Modeler: Initial Screen, select Data Model Hierarchy under Selection.

  2. Enter the part of the name you know into the entry field Modeling Object. 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 is now entered in the field on the initial screen.

  5. Choose Start of the navigation path Modeling Object Next navigation step Data Model Hierarchy End of the navigation path. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.

Name unknown

  1. Leave the input field Modeling Object empty in the Data Modeler: Initial Screen.

  2. Choose Find. The corresponding standard selection screen of the ABAP Repository Information System is displayed.

    Selecting a specific data model

    Enter your selection criteria and choose Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute End of the navigation path. 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 Start of the navigation path GoTo Next navigation step Hierarchy End of the navigation path. The Display Data Model: Hierarchy screen appears.

From the data model definition

From the definition of a data model, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Hierarchy End of the navigation path 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 Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Color Legend End of the navigation path.

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