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DEFINE STRUCTURE - structure_annos

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

@EndUserText.label : '...' 
@AbapCatalog.enhancementCategory : enh_cat

Effect

Mandatory annotations for specifying structure properties in the definition of a structure using the statement DEFINE STRUCTURE in Dictionary DDL.

• In quotation marks, @EndUserText.label defines the short text of the structure in its original language.

• @AbapCatalog.enhancementCategory defines the enhancement category of the structure. The following can be specified for enh_cat:

• #NOT_CLASSIFIED - Not classified

• #NOT_EXTENSIBLE - Cannot be enhanced (extended)

• #EXTENSIBLE_CHARACTER - Can be enhanced (extended) and is character-like

• #EXTENSIBLE_CHARACTER_NUMERIC - Can be enhanced (extended) and is character-like or numeric

• #EXTENSIBLE_ANY - Can be enhanced (extended) in any way

Notes

• If specified, #NOT_CLASSIFIED is used only to display existing structures with this property. Any new or modified structures should always have an enhancement category.

• The same annotations must also be specified in the definition of a database table using DEFINE TABLE and an append structure using EXTEND TYPE.

• The syntax used to specify the properties is based on CDS annotations. There are, however, no visible associated annotation definitions.