CDS Associations and Path Expressions
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Tutorials that teach this
- Tutorial 🟡 Devtoberfest 2025 - Coder's Challenge - CAP Documentation (Capire!)
- Tutorial Create a Simple ABAP CDS View in ADT
- Tutorial Create a Reusable Service
- Tutorial Create the CDS Data Model for the SAP SuccessFactors Extension
- Tutorial Enhance an ABAP Core Data Services (CDS) View in ABAP On-Premise
- Tutorial Extend a Custom Core Data Service in ABAP Environment
- Tutorial Enhance an ABAP Core Data Services (CDS) View in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) ABAP Environment
Videos teaching this
Prerequisites
- Concept ABAP CDS Value Help Definition The concept name was not provided, so a precise definition cannot be determined. Based on the available sources, the tutorials cover topics such as enhancing [ABAP Core Data Services (CDS) Views](https://developers.sap.com/), defining and implementing business object behavior, enabling OData streams, and creating value helps in the context of both SAP BTP ABAP Environment and ABAP On-Premise systems. Developers use these capabilities to extend data models, enrich business object behavior definitions, and expose data via OData services in RAP-based applications.
- Concept Core Data Services (CDS) The concept name was not provided (marked as "undefined"), and the supplied source snippets do not contain enough specific detail to accurately define a particular SAP developer concept — they consist primarily of titles, navigation references, and tutorial names without substantive explanatory content. Based on the available sources, the closest identifiable topics are the [ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/33a301e3fff5404e89f090910f7bd978?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud) and the [SAP Cloud Application Programming Model](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/00823f91779d4d42aa29a498e0535cdf?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), both of which are frameworks developers use to build enterprise applications on SAP Business Technology Platform. Without a defined concept name and sufficient source detail, a fully grounded definition cannot be produced.
- Concept ABAP CDS View Creation and Development The provided sources do not contain sufficient information to define a specific SAP developer concept, as the concept supplied is "undefined" and the source snippets offer only tutorial titles and brief fragments without substantive explanatory content. Based on the available context, these sources relate to ABAP development on [SAP Business Technology Platform](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/5de837488d6e431da008ae374a405919?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), covering topics such as building SAP Fiori apps, authorization fields, and extending data sources using the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model. A developer working in this space uses these resources to guide tasks such as creating check tables for authorization fields, consuming queries on SAP Analytics Cloud, and extending Core Data Services in the ABAP Environment.
- Concept RAP Business Object Composition Tree A **Business Configuration Maintenance Object** is an SAP BTP construct that represents a configurable business setting, allowing developers to expose and manage business configuration data. It provides a structured way to define, maintain, and transport configuration content within SAP applications. Developers use it to enable business users or administrators to adjust application behavior through configuration rather than code changes. Learn more in the [Business Configuration Maintenance Object](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/61159c4dc45b45619b46b4620615c357?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud) documentation.
- Concept CDS Definition Language (CDL) The concept name is missing or undefined, and the provided sources do not contain enough specific, attributable detail to construct a grounded 2–4 sentence prose definition without risking unsupported claims.
- Concept SQL JOIN Operations (INNER JOIN) The provided sources do not contain a named concept to define — the concept supplied is "undefined." Based on the available source snippets, which cover topics such as Calculation Views, SQLScript, intermediate table variables, and SQL queries in SAP HANA, no specific concept can be accurately and fully grounded for a reference definition. Please supply a valid concept name so a precise, source-grounded definition can be written.