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Domains
A domain is a standalone dictionary object that defines technical and semantic attributes of elementary data types. Data elements can be defined with reference to a domain and inherit its attributes. Domains can only be used in data elements. A domain can be used by any number of data elements.
Other versions:
7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Notes
- Domains are located in a different namespace from data types. A domain can have the exact same name as a data type and, more particularly, a data element.
- Redundant domains within an application component or a package should be avoided. Domains that only have technical attributes must be created as reusable domains in central basis packages. One example is the domain CHAR255.
- The fixed values of a domain can be used as special literals in CDS views as well as the full domain being used in data elements.
- A domain describes the attributes of an elementary data type but is not a data type itself. More specifically, a domain cannot be specified after a
TYPE
addition in ABAP.
- Domains can be edited in form-based editors both in the ABAP Dictionary tool and in the ABAP Development Tools (ADT).