S4HANA Transports - Embedded Analytics & Custom CDS

[shyam_uthaman]

Hi All,

Had some questions on transport of standard and custom CDS views on S4HANA. Can you please help me with the below:

1. Do standard CDS views need a transport from Dev to Prod or do they exist as part of the initial state of S4HANA installation?

2. I assume extensions and custom CDS are transported via the SAP standard transport mechanism of an object assigned to a non $TMP package. Is this correct?

Any references/links in this regards would be helpful as well.

Regards,

Shyam

[former_member560074]

Hi,

mind that a CDS View is a Definition only.
Standard CDS Views must exist in the Q or Prod system.
Customized CDS views or extensions to standard CDS views must be transported.

Mind that a CDS View generates Code ( Analytical, ODATA, etc.).
You must transport the CDS definition.
You may not transport the CDS View generated Code ( Analytical, ODATA, etc.).
NoGos: Never Change the CDS View File name AND/OR the CDS view Definition AND/OR the ABAP View name in a Q or P System.

In Detail:
A customized or standard CDS view is assigend to an (ABAP -) Package:
cdspackage.jpg

A customized CDS Views is a transport object of its own (Question 2):
cds-objecttype.jpg

A customized CDS View must be transported:
( NOT the underlying ABAP or SQL views):
cds-transport.jpg

I hope that clearifies.

Best Martin