This is often asked in an interview about the types of views:
The followings are different types of views:
- Database View (SE11)
Database views are implement an inner join, that is, only records of the
primary table (selected via the join operation) for which the corresponding
records of the secondary tables also exist are fetched. Inconsistencies between
primary and secondary table could, therefore, lead to a reduced selection set.
In database views, the join conditions can be formulated using equality
relationships between any base fields. In the other types of view, they must be
taken from existing foreign keys. That is, tables can only be collected in a
maintenance or help view if they are linked to one another via foreign keys.
- Help View ( SE54)
Help views are used to output additional information when the online help
system is called.
When the F4 button is pressed for a screen field, a check is first made on
whether a matchcode is defined for this field. If this is not the case, the help
view is displayed in which the check table of the field is the primary table.
Thus, for each table no more than one help view can be created, that is, a table
can only be primary table in at most one help view.
- Projection View
Projection views are used to suppress or mask certain fields in a table
(projection), thus minimizing the number of interfaces. This means that only the
data that is actually required is exchanged when the database is accessed.
A projection view can draw upon only one table. Selection conditions cannot
be specified for projection views.
- Maintenance View ( SE54 )
Maintenance views enable a business-oriented approach to looking at data,
while at the same time, making it possible to maintain the data involved. Data
from several tables can be summarized in a maintenance view and maintained
collectively via this view. That is, the data is entered via the view and then
distributed to the underlying tables by the system.
