You are running SAP S/4HANA and would like to extract data to SAP BW/4HANA.Which tools does SAP recommend to evaluate the metadata of CDS-based extractors? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this…

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Options

• ASAP S/4HANA Query Browser App
• BSAP S/4HANA Analytical List Page App
• CSAP ABAP Development Tools
• DSAP S/4HANA View Browser App

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  95% (35)

Explanation

When working with CDS-based extractors in SAP S/4HANA, SAP recommends SAP ABAP Development Tools (ADT) - the Eclipse-based IDE - because it lets developers inspect CDS view definitions, annotations (including extraction-relevant ones like @Analytics.dataExtraction), and technical metadata in detail. The SAP S/4HANA View Browser App (a Fiori app) complements this by providing a business-user-friendly interface to browse, search, and evaluate available CDS views and their extraction properties without requiring development access.

The Query Browser App (A) is designed for running and exploring analytical queries, not for inspecting extractor metadata - it's a reporting tool, not an introspection tool. The Analytical List Page App (B) is a UI pattern/template for displaying list reports with analytical headers; it's a consumer of data, not a tool for evaluating data source metadata.

Memory tip: Think "ADT + View Browser" - both have the word view in their purpose. Developers view CDS metadata in ADT (the code perspective), while functional users view it in the View Browser App (the Fiori perspective). If it's about consuming or running data (Query Browser, ALP), it's not evaluating metadata.

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