I'd like to propose an enhancement to the Replication Flow behavior when working with CDS Views.
Imagine I'm importing data from a CDS View that contains 5 columns. In the CDS View selection screen, I can see both the technical names and the business descriptions of each column:
Technical Name Description / Business Name
| Col1 | Key |
| Col2 | Creation Date |
| Col3 | Name of Material |
| Col4 | Name of Material |
| Col5 | Name of Material |
When I create a Replication Flow without a Projection, everything works smoothly.
However, if I add a Projection—perhaps to include an extra column or to adjust the content of existing columns—the interface throws errors due to duplicate column descriptions. Specifically, columns 3, 4, and 5 all share the same description: Name of Material. To resolve this, I’m forced to manually rename the descriptions to something like Name of Material 1, Name of Material 2, etc.
This seems unnecessary. The validation should focus on technical names, not business descriptions, since the technical names are unique and sufficient for identifying columns.
Suggestion:
Skip validation on column descriptions/business names during Projection. Only validate technical names to avoid unnecessary manual adjustments and improve usability.
Bluesky
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