(Glue-2111) Data Dictionary
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Transaction
/DVD/GL11
Glue Data Dictionary (DDIC) module stands on the top of the hierarchy of Glue metaobjects.
In Glue Data Dictionary you can create a Glue table or view the structure and other relevant information about the Glue table.
Glue Data Dictionary identifies transparent data and enables manipulation with it. Whether you read, insert, transform, or virtualize data, all these processes always heavily rely on this module.
The basic Glue metadata object is Glue table, which allows a user to work with a table on external storage in SAP landscape.
It holds information about external storage data structure and other settings. Glue table serves as a link to the table in external storage.
Metaobject
Glue table
The module itself allows data modeling and maintenance of Glue tables similar to standard SAP SE11 transaction, thus the transaction /DVD/GL11. It enables you to create, edit, display, or delete the main Glue metaobject - the Glue table. The Glue tables are pushed to a predefined Storage and can be created in a transparent way, as well.
Initial screen
On the initial screen you may:
- Create a Glue table: Metadata object along with an external table in a defined storage
- Create a Glue table as a link to an existing table in a defined storage
- Activate a Glue table
- Delete a Glue table
- Display a list of Glue objects where a particular table is used
