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ABAP CDS - Scopes for Annotations

Annotations can be specified for the following scopes in source code in ABAP CDS: The annotation @Scope is used in the associated annotation definition to specify in which scopes an annotation can be specified.

• CDS DDL:

• Annotation definition annotations for a CDS annotation definition
  In the statement DEFINE ANNOTATION

• Entity annotations for a CDS entity
  In front of the statement DEFINE VIEW, DEFINE TABLE FUNCTION, DEFINE ABSTRACT ENTITY

• View annotations for a CDS view
  In front of the statement DEFINE VIEW

• Extension annotations for a CDS view extension
  In front of the statement EXTEND VIEW

• Function annotations for a CDS table function
  In front of the statement DEFINE TABLE FUNCTION

• Hierarchy annotations for a CDS hierarchy
  In front of the statement DEFINE HIERARCHY

• Parameter annotations for a parameter of a CDS view
  In front of and after the parameter

• Parameter annotations for a parameter of a CDS table function
  In front of and after the parameter

• Parameter annotations for a parameter of an abstract CDS entity
  In front of the parameter

• Element annotations for an element of the SELECT list of a CDS view
  In front of and after the element

• Element annotations for an element in the element list of a CDS table function
  In front of and after the element

• Metadata extension annotations for a CDS metadata extension
  In front of the statement ANNOTATE

• CDS DCL:

• Role annotations for a CDS role
  In front of the statement DEFINE ROLE

• Access policy annotation for a CDS access policy

• PFCG mapping annotation for a PFCG mapping
  In front of the statement DEFINE PFCG_MAPPING

The ABAP annotations that are possible for a scope are documented here. For framework-specific annotations by SAP, see the tables in the document Framework-specific annotations.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Note

The annotations specified in the source code of a CDS entity can be annotated or overridden using the annotations of CDS metadata extensions.