What does it do? Field of a data source> entity> of the current ABAP_CDS_V1_VIEW >. field > expects the actual name of the element. Any alternative element names defined using AS> > cannot be used, with the exception of the ON> condition of a CDS association>. If the view entity makes use of multiple data sources> by using join expressions, then you must ensure that all field names are unique. If a field name field> is not unique, then field> must be prefixed with the name entity> of the data source or with the alias name alias> of the data source separated by a period (.). If the field name is unique, it may but does not need to be prefixed.