Creation of a Logical Database

By Kameswara Rao, IBM India

Go to transaction 'SE36' or 'SLDB'. 

 

Enter the logical database name as shown above . 

 

If we are using Logical Database for HR purpose, we should check the check Box “Info types (HR only). Press CREATE Button as shown above. 

It would prompt for package name and workbench request . 

 

On pressing Save button, following screen appears, prompting for the details of the root node. 

 

Click on create button. Following screen appears:

Now enter the details of all the tables under LFA1 (as shown below).  

 

Click on create Button. 

 

Click on create Button. 

 

 

Now create a Node with hierarchically under LFB1.

 

 

The above screen displays the LDB structure as per our requirements. 

We can maintain search help for the fields for the tables defined in structure. 

For our demo purposes, let us provide search help for MATNR and WERKS. 

 

Let us use the standard search help available for MATNR and WERKS.  

The currency and quantity fields are automatically maintained here. 

 

Go back to the main screen 

 

Here we can design our own selection screen as per the requirements. 

 

Automatically created include with naming convention. 

 

Here by using above marked statement we can create Dynamic selection screen for different tables as per the requirements.

 

Database program (with some includes) are automatically created upon the creation of logical database: 

Go back to the main screen.

Here we can maintain texts for select-options and parameters. 

 

Navigate to the main screen:

 

Here we can maintain documentation for our created Z logical database.  

 

 

 

Click on Display.