CDS annotations: Missing documentation part in the inline help

[Former Member]

Hello,

I wondered why the documentation part of many CDS annotations (i. e. the description of what the annotation actually does) is missing in the inline help.

Is there some way to activate it ?

[Andre_Fischer]

I have pinged the documentation lead for CDS views. Please note that we have holiday season and we will come back to you in the new year.

[AndreaUS · Accepted solution]

The information that is displayed in the screenshot above is derived from the annotation definition (DDLA object). It is maintained when the annotation is created.

The description is maintained in a separate step. It is maintained in KTD files (KTD means knowledge transfer document). This format was introduced in ABAP release 7.55.

It is an ongoing task to go through all annotations and maintain the description in KTD format. It has been done for some annotations, but many are still missing.

I'm from the ABAP Keyword Documentation and this is my understanding.

More information on KTD:

• KTD1 - Creating Knowledge Transfer Documents - SAP Media Share
• KTD2 - Working with Knowledge Transfer Documents - SAP Media Share

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the explanation.
Would be great if someone could find the time since RAP has been around for a few years now.