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• ROOT ABAP_CDS_DEFINE_VIEW
ABAP_CDS_DDL - DDIC-Based View, ROOT
ABAP_SYNTAX ... ROOT ...
What does it do? The addition ROOT defines the CDS view ddic_based_view as the root entity of a RAP business object in the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model . The RAP BO root entity is the top node of the hierarchical structure of a business object and represents the business object. The following applies to a root entity:
There is exactly one root entity in the structure of a business object.
The definition of a root entity can use COMPOSITION to specify CDS compositions that define child entities of the business object.
A root entity does not have a parent entity.
Latest notes:
More information about the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model can be found under RAP objects.
The statement EXTEND VIEW can add to a root entity but cannot make a regular view into a root entity. NON_V5_HINTS ABAP_HINT_END
