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MyTables:Whereuseditis|SCN

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createdbyRajKumarSallaon05May201322:36,lastmodifiedbyRajKumarSallaon06May201300:00

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ThisdocumentispreparedbasedonversionHANA1.0SPS05revision46.

InHANAstudiowehavethecoolfeaturetofindoutwhereourInformationview(Attribute/Analytic/Calculation)isused
byrightclickingtheviewandselecting"WhereUsed".Itthenshowstypeofview,UsedInwhichview,packagename
inasubwindowpanel"WhereUsedList".

Butthereisnosimilarfeaturetofindthesamefortablesinaschemaweuseinmodeling
Inthisdocumentwewillcometoknowhowwecangetthelist.

Thereisaschemacalled"SRK"whichhasmanytablesandIusetwotables"EMPLOYEE"and"DEPT"forsimplicityto
modelinformationviews.
Advancedreaderscanskipstep1asyouwerealreadyawareofthis.

Step1:

FirstletuscreatetheAttributeview(AT_DEPT)whichusesonlysingletable"DEPT".
WecreateAnalyticview(AN_USING_AT_DEPT)usingthetable"EMPLOYEE"indatafoundationandusetheAttribute
view(AT_DEPT)inlogicaljoin.

Nowletususethefeature"WhereUsed"forAttributeview(AT_DEPT)byrightclickingtheviewandselecting"Where
Used".Itshowstheresultasattributeviewisusedinanalyticviewwhichcontainsinpackage'srk'.

Step2:

Nowweneedtofindwheremyparticulartableisusedinwhichoftheinformationviewsorprocedures,etc.
WedonothavesimilarwhereUsedfunctionalityfortables.Letustrybyjustrightclickthetableintheschemaandwe
willnotfound.

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC41091

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MyTables:Whereuseditis|SCN

ThealternatesolutionistowriteSQL,queryingfromtablesreferringtorepository.

HereisthesimpleSQL:

SELECTBASE_SCHEMA_NAME,BASE_OBJECT_NAME,
DEPENDENT_SCHEMA_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAME,DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE
FROM"SYS"."OBJECT_DEPENDENCIES"
WHEREBASE_SCHEMA_NAME='SRK'/*<==SchemaName*/
ANDBASE_OBJECT_NAME='DEPT'/*<==TableName*/

Thisquerywillshowtheresultwearelookingforandalsoshowswhetheranyprocedures,synonyms,etcareusing
ourtable.

BasedonDEPENDENT_OBJECT_TYPE,wecansaywhetheritisusedbyview/procedure/synonymetc.,and
DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAMEgivesitscorrespondingname.Packagenamecanfoundinthe
DEPENDENT_OBJECT_NAMEitself.

That'sitwesuccessfullygotthewhereusedlistforourspecifictables
Mightbeinfuturerelease,wecanexpectthisfeatureifsomeonecaninitiatethis.

ThankYouforyourtime.
Raj

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