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Procedure

Here you find the name of the table or view assigned to the entity type.

Assign a Table or a View to an Entity Type

To assign a table or view to an entity type or to display or change the existing assignment, you must select Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Dict. Assignment End of the navigation path to access the screen Table/View Assignment after saving the entity type definition.

You can specify and check the assignment in this screen. You can also access the definition of the table or view in the ABAP Dictionary and, using the Data Browser, branch to any entities that may exist.

Create Tables and Transfer Attributes

In the Data Modeler you can create tables directly and transfer the attributes from the definition of the entity type:

  1. In the screen Display Entity Type: Definition choose the option Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Dictionary Assignment End of the navigation path. The screen Display Table/View Assignments appears.

  2. Use Display <-> Change to switch to maintenance mode.

  3. In the Goto menu choose the option Table/View. The screen ABAP Dictionary: Table/structure: Change Fields is displayed. Fill in all required fields.

  4. In the Extras menu choose the option Copy Fields.... In the dialog bog Transfer Entity Fields enter the ID of the entity type.

  5. In the Edit menu choose the option Insert. The attributes of the entity type are inserted as field attributes.