1. BC030_2.04.1 ABAP Dictionary Tables in Relational Databases

2. BC030_2.04.2 Objectives The participants will be able to: –Describe the different types of tables in the SAP ABAP Dictionary –Explain the technical settings for optimizing the storage and maintenance requirements –Describe indexing performance benefits

3. BC030_2.04.3 SAP Table Types Transparent Table (TRANSP) Structure (INTTAB) Pool TableCluster Table View

4. BC030_2.04.4 Transparent Tables Type = TRANSP Master Data

5. BC030_2.04.5 Table Type TRANSP in the Database DB PROFILE

6. BC030_2.04.6 Mapping a Table of Type INTTAB DB x PROFILE

7. BC030_2.04.7 Pool and Cluster Tables: Overview Pool Table Cluster Table

8. BC030_2.04.8 Master Transaction Organization & Customizing User Technical Settings Data class Number of data records in Database storage Single records, generic, full, not buffered On or off Size category Buffering Log data changes

9. BC030_2.04.9 Master dataUser data Data Class Organization and Customizing data Transaction data DB

10. BC030_2.04.10 Size Categories

11. BC030_2.04.11 Buffering Type None Single RecordGenericFull KF1 KF2 KF3 F4 F5 F6

12. BC030_2.04.12 Logging

13. BC030_2.04.13 Maintaining Technical Settings Data Class Size Category Buffering Type Logging

14. BC030_2.04.14 ABAP Dictionary DB Database Utility

15. BC030_2.04.15 Index

16. BC030_2.04.16 IndexTable Last NameFirst NamePointer AdamsAnthony IDLast NameFirst NameSalary ZelkovaZephyr Employee Names Employees Database Indexes Burrows Jones Furia Peters Treske Gregory Gerry Fred Tim Jimmy Beth Carolin

17. BC030_2.04.17 The Telephone Book Analogy

18. BC030_2.04.18 The Telephone Book Analogy (Continued)

19. BC030_2.04.19 The Index Range Scan

20. BC030_2.04.20 The Unique Index Scan

21. BC030_2.04.21 Evaluating the Various Types of Scans Unique Index Scan Index Range Scan Full Table Scan

22. BC030_2.04.22 Summary The participants should be able to: –Describe the different types of tables in the SAP ABAP Dictionary –Explain the technical settings for optimizing the storage and maintenance requirements –Describe indexing performance benefits