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This document discusses known limitations of string functions in ABAP CDS views and provides workarounds. Specifically, it notes that functions like LEFT, RIGHT, and SUBSTRING that specify a length may truncate strings rather than error out if the length is too long. It then describes two workarounds: 1) using extended views based on HANA views, and 2) implementing ABAP CDS table functions with AMDP functions.

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String Functions in ABAP CDS Views - Known Limitations and Workarounds - Visual BI Solutions

This document discusses known limitations of string functions in ABAP CDS views and provides workarounds. Specifically, it notes that functions like LEFT, RIGHT, and SUBSTRING that specify a length may truncate strings rather than error out if the length is too long. It then describes two workarounds: 1) using extended views based on HANA views, and 2) implementing ABAP CDS table functions with AMDP functions.

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String Functions in ABAP CDS

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String functions in general used to perform manipulation of string data. In


ABAP CDS there are a variety of string functions to perform operation in
the strings. These functions have certain limitations on how the operations
can be done. The details are explained in the example below.

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In this blog we are going to discuss more about the string functions like
 LEFT(arg, len), RIGHT(arg,len), SUBSTRING(arg, pos, len)  where the length
has been specified to fetch data.

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In the below CDS view the functions left, right and substring provides data
based on the length specified.

Output:

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To resolve the above issue, we would have to approach the solution from
other perspectives namely:

1. Extended view based on HANA Views- View blog here

2. ABAP CDS Table Function with AMDP Function Implementation- View

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