Since ABAP release 7.88, SAP BTP ABAP Environment 2205, CDS view entities are feature complete. In this blog series, you find a complete list of new features, improvements, and differences of CDS view entities compared to CDS DDIC-based views.
Part l: New features
- Typed literals
- Set operators EXCEPT und INTERSECT
- Calculated quantity with calculated unit reference
- Entity buffering using tuning objects
- Extensions with EXTEND VIEW ENTITY
- New functions:
- REPLACE_REGEXPR
- GET_NUMERIC_VALUE
- CURR_TO_DECFLOAT_AMOUNT
- $PROJECTION to reuse expressions from the SELECT list
- Refactoring of view stacks
Curious? Find each new feature explained and with syntax example in the blog post CDS view entities are feature complete, Part l: New features | SAP Blogs.
Part ll: Improvements
- No CDS-managed DDIC view created in ABAP Dictionary
- CDS view entities with input parameters are generated as SQL views on the SAP HANA database
- Stricter syntax and semantic checks
- Automatic and implicit client handling
- Improved activation performance
- Currency and quantity handling in expressions
- Improved expression matrix
Want to know more? Find details in blog post CDS view entities are feature complete, Part ll: Improvements | SAP Blogs.
Part lll: Differences
- Features and syntax not supported in CDS view entities
- Differences in header annotations
- New syntax requirements
Blog post CDS view entities are feature complete, Part lll: Differences | SAP Blogs lists all syntax elements which are not supported in CDS view entities and new syntax requiements.
Further Information
A new generation of CDS views: how to migrate your CDS views to CDS view entities | SAP Blogs
