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view
Grouping of columns of one or more database tables or other database objects in accordance with an application-specific view. In AS ABAP, views are defined in ABAP Dictionary or in ABAP CDS and can be referenced as data types (like flat structures). Views can be used like database tables in reading ABAP SQL statements. ABAP Dictionary uses classic views, CDS views, and external views.