SAP ALIAS - Glossary

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alias name
A name that is assigned as a substitute name to an element, an object, etc. The following alias names can be defined in ABAP:

The statement ALIASES can be used to declare an alias name for an interface component in a class or in a compound interface.

The addition ALIAS can be used to specify an alias for the primary table key and secondary table key when declaring an internal table.

In AB_SQL , the addition AS can be used to define aliases for columns of the result set in a SELECT list or for data sources in the FROM clause.

In ABAP CDS, the addition AS can be used to define aliases for elements in the SELECT list or for CDS associations.