How to work with CDS Views that are not released?

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have a requirement to join two CDS-Views by using the Fiori App Custom CDS-View. Unfortunately, both CDS-View's API state is set to "not released". I am aware that there is a possibility to change this state but what does it mean to my views for the future? How will it affect my CDS views?

[Jocelyn_Dart · Accepted solution]

Hi Ninette, if SAP changes the CDS Views your changes may be lost or more likely stop working.

2 options:

1. Request that the CDS Views be released via SAP Incident.

2. Ask a developer to create a custom CDS View using ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse. They can then combine the necessary fields from the relevant tables without impacting the original CDS Views.

Rgds

Jocelyn

[TomF · Accepted solution]

Hi Jocelyn,

Most CDS views are not released by SAP.

What would be the impact if I set the status to released? (can be done in Eclipse)

Kind regards, Tom.

[plaukkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Wondering why like at least 95 % of the standard CDS views are not released? Fiori tools for S4 analytics and custom query & cds building are relatively good but, are totally in vain since there in practice are no released standard CDS views to be used with the tools. So whats the point - especially if future versions are blocking unreleased views in practice everywhere (referring to note 2625754)?

Thanks and regards,

Pekka

[TomF]

Hi Pekka,

In the documentation I read the following.

• The name of the new append view and of the actual CDS view extension should be located in the customer namespace (or in the namespace of a partner or special development) to protect it against being overwritten by upgrades or new releases.

In other words. As long as you define your extension in the customer namespace (Z), your extension is protected against being overwritten during updgrades, regardless of the API state. The same applies to the fields you define in your extension CDS (have to start with a z).

jocelyn.dart , please correct me if I'm wrong.

Tom.

[RG4]

Hi Jocelyn,