SAP Business Suite

To create a PDM with support for features specific to the SAP Business Suite, select the DBMS on which your installation is running in the DBMS field of the New Model dialog, click OK to create an empty PDM, and then select Tools > SAP Business Suite > Import SAP Business Suite Data Dictionary. To view these extensions to the PowerDesigner metamodel in the Resource Editor, select Model > Extensions, select the SAP Business Suite extension, click the Properties tool, and expand the Profile node.

PowerDesigner supports importing any recent version of SAP® Business Suite.

The following sections list the extensions provided for SAP Business Suite.

Model

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Host name

Specifies the host name or IP address of the server on which the Business Suite installation is running.

Scripting name: HostName

User name

Specifies the user who connects to the Business Suite server.

Scripting name: UserName

ABAP Components

ABAP components are based on standard PowerDesigner packages with a ABAP Component stereotype. The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Created by

Specifies the user who created the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: CreatedBy, CreatedOnDate, CreatedOnTime

Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime
Parent

Specifies the ABAP component that is the parent of the present component.

Scripting name: Parent

Customized by / Release notes by

Specify the users who customized the component and wrote the release notes for the customization.

Scripting name: CustomizingResponsible, ReleaseNoteResponsible

Released

Provides release information about the component.

Scripting name: Released

Support web / desktop

Specify that the component can be displayed in the SAP NetWeaver Portal and in the desktop NetWeaver client.

Scripting name: SupportWeb, SupportDesktop

Visible

Specifies that the component should be visible to users.

Scripting name: Visible

ABAP Packages

ABAP packages are based on standard PowerDesigner packages with an ABAP Package stereotype. The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description
Created by

Specifies the user who create the object and when it was created.

Scripting name: CreatedBy, CreatedOnDate, CreatedOnTime
Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate

Parent

Specifies the ABAP component or package that is the parent of the package.

Scripting name: ApplicationComponent

Software component

Specifies the software component to which the package is a support package.

Scripting name: SoftwareComponent
Main package
Specifies whether the package is a:
  • <empty> - Development Package
  • X - Main Package, which does not contain any development elements itself; and provides a structure for its children
  • S - Structure Package

Scripting name: MainPackage
Namespace

Specifies a deprecated method for organizing package structures.

Scripting name: Namespace
Owner

Specifies the user currently responsible for the package.

Scripting name: Owner

Tables/Structures

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime

Parent package

Specifies the ABAP package that is the parent of the table or structure.

Scripting name: PackageCode

Physical table

Specifies the database table on which the table or structure is based.

Scripting name: PhysicalTableCode
Is extended

Specifies that the table contains extensions.

Scripting name: IsExtended

Columns (Fields)

Business Suite fields are represented as columns in PowerDesigner. The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Field type
Specifies whether the field is:
  • <Empty> - Built-in type
  • E - Data element
  • S - Structure
  • L - Table type

Scripting name: FieldType

Domain

Specifies the domain attached to the column.

Scripting name: Domain

ABAP data type
Specifies the data type used by the runtime environment:
  • B, S, I - 1-byte, 2-byte, or 4-byte integer
  • C, N, B, F, G - Character, numerical, binary, float, or string
  • D, T - Date, or time
  • X, Y - Fixed or variable length raw

Scripting name: ABAPDataType

Data dictionary data type

 Specifies the data type used in the Dictionary.

Scripting name: DataDictionaryDataType
Data element

Specifies the data element attached to the field, if of type E.

Scripting name: DataElement
Include structure

Specifies the included structure attached to the field, if of type S.

Scripting name: IncludeStructure
Lookup table

Specifies that lookup table from which to draw key values, if of type T.

Scripting name: LookupTable
Reference field / table

For numerical or currency columns, specify the reference field and table.

Scripting name: ReferenceField, ReferenceTable
Input help
Specifies the origin of input help:
  • <empty> - No input help exists
  • X - Explicit search help attachment to field
  • P - Input help implemented with check table
  • D - Explicit search help attachment to data element
  • F - Input help with fixed values
  • T - Input help based on data type

Scripting name: InputHelp

Indexes

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime
DB index name

Specifies the associated database index name.

Scripting name: DBIndexName
DB include exclude
Specifies that a list of database systems is used as:
  • I - List of inclusions: create index on these DB systems.
  • E - List of exclusions: do not create index on these DB systems.
        

Scripting name: DBIncludeExclude
List of database systems 1-4

Specify lists of database systems for inclusion or exclusion by the index.

Scripting name: DBSYSSEL1, DBSYSSEL2, DBSYSSEL3, DBSYSSEL4
Extension index

Specifies that the index is an extension index.

Scripting name: IsExtensionIndex
Status
Specifies the status of the index in the database:
  • <empty> - Create on database.
  • O - Do not create on database.
  • D - Create on database depending on DB

Scripting name: Status

Data Elements

Data elements are based on PowerDesigner extended objects with a Data Element stereotype. The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description
Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime

Package code

Specifies the package containing the data element.

Scripting name: PackageCode

Default name

Specifies the default name for components using the data element.

Scripting name: DefaultName

Original language

Specifies the language in which the data element was defined.

Scripting name: OriginalLanguage

Data dictionary data type

 Specifies the data type of the column in terms of the ABAP Dictionary.

Scripting name: DataDictionaryDataType, DataType

Length / Output length

Specifies the supported number of characters and the number that can be displayed in ABAP forms.

Scripting name: OutputLength, Length

Precision

Specifies the supported number of decimal places.

Scripting name: Precision

Reference kind
Specifies the category of dictionary type:
  • <empty> - Direct type
  • E - Elementary type
  • S - Structured type
  • L - Table type
  • R - Reference type
  • D - Domain

Scripting name: ReferenceKind
Conversion routine

Specifies function modules that are executed when values are input to and displayed in the ABAP screen field.

Scripting name: ConversionRoutine
Value table

Specifies that the permitted values for the data element are PK values of the selected table.

Scripting name: ValueTable
Signed

Specifies that negative values are supported.

Scripting name: Signed
Lowercase

Specifies that lowercase letters are supported.

Scripting name: Lowercase
Fixed values

Specifies that permitted values are limited to those specified.

Scripting name: FixedValues

Domains

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime

Package code

Specifies the package containing the domain.

Scripting name: PackageCode

Data dictionary data type

Specifies the data type of the column in terms of the ABAP Dictionary.

Scripting name: DataDictionaryDataType

Base domain

Specifies the domain that the present domain extends.

Scripting name: BaseDomain

Value table

Specifies that the permitted values for the domain are PK values of the selected table.

Scripting name: ValueTable

Conversion routine

Specifies function modules that are executed when values are input to and displayed in the ABAP screen field.

Scripting name: ConversionRoutine

Fixed values

Specifies that permitted values are limited to those specified.

Scripting name: FixedValues

Signed

Specifies that negative values are supported.

Scripting name: Signed

Views

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

Changed by

Specifies the user who last changed the object and when the change was made.

Scripting name: ChangedBy, ChangedOnDate, ChangedOnTime

Root table code

Specifies the primary table of an aggregate.

Scripting name: RootTableCode

View type
Specifies that the view is a:
  • H - Help view
  • D - Database view
  • P - Projection view
  • S - Structure view, data selection not possible
  • C - Maintenance view
  • E - Entity view (no longer supported)
  • V - View variant
  • A - Append view

Scripting name: ViewType

Delivery class
Specifies that the delivery class of the view is:
  • A - Application table
  • C - Customer table, maintained by customer
  • L - Table for storing temporary data
  • G - Customer table, SAP can add rows
  • E - Control table
  • S - System table, maintained by SAP
  • W - System table

Scripting name: DeliveryClass

Maintenance status

Specifies the maintenance status of the view:
  • <empty> - Modifiable
  • R - Read only
  • U - Read and change
  • M - Time dependent view
        

Scripting name: MaintenanceStatus

View Columns (View Fields)

The following extensions are available on the Data Dictionary tab:

Name

Description

ABAP form name

Specifies the field's name in ABAP forms.

Scripting name: ABAPFormName

Base table / field

Specify the table and field from which the field are drawn.

Scripting name: BaseTable, BaseField

Data element

Specifies the data element attached to the field.

Scripting name: DataElement

Is key

Specifies that the field belongs to a key area.

Scripting name: IsKey

Lock mode
Specifies the lock mode for the field:
  • E - Write lock
  • S - Read lock
  • X - Exclusive lock
        

Scripting name: LockMode
Maintenance status
Specifies the maintenance status of the field:
  • <empty> - View is available as normal
  • R - View field can only be read
  • S - View field is used to form subsets
  • H - View field is not transferred to the maintenance screens

Scripting name: MaintenanceStatus
Parent topic: DBMS Definition Reference