Transformation Editor

Purpose

The Transformation Editor is a tool for defining transformations that are later executed on the application server. XML documents can be transformed into XHTML and HTML documents, or into ABAP data structures. Two different protocols are available for this transformation: XSLT and Simple Transformations.

Note

Knowledge of XSLT or Simple Transformations is a prerequisite for using the Transformation Editor.

Integration

The Transformation Editor is a development tool completely integrated in the ABAP Workbench. The development objects created there (called XSLT or Simple Transformation programs) are stored in the Repository and linked to the Transport Organizer.

Features

You can use the Transformation Editor to:

Create transformation programs for defining transformation rules
Edit source code using the Tag Browser (XSLT, HTML, WML, XHTML)
Check and activate transformation programs
Test transformations
Create breakpoints while you debug transformations.
Note
To start the Transformation Editor, in the Object Navigator (transaction SE80), choose the package you need. Under Transformations, choose the required transformation program.

Constraints

While editing the source text, the tool support is limited to inserting tags from the Tag Browser.
When you test transformation programs, you can use only local files (files from the file directory of the frontend) as source and target documents.