A view is like a telescope which just provides a picture of something. You can construct a view with special lenses or filters to allow you to look at one or more dictionary tables. You can look at parts of one table (selected records and/or fields) or combinations of tables and parts of tables. A view is an ABAP Dictionary object. In simple words, a View simply mirrors an entire database table. A view WOULD just look like a table and ACT just like a table – but it isn't actually a table.

A view does not contain DATA of its own - rather, the view provides SPECIALIZED access to the data that exists in other tables. For this reason, views are often called virtual tables. Views are used to look into one or more tables. A view does not contain data of its own.

Views combines more than one table. The structure of the view is defined in the ABAP Dictionary. With the help of views, application-dependent view can be defined that combines the data.

Data about an application object (like Purchase order, Sales Order, Invoice VERIFICATION, etc.) is often distributed on several database tables. By defining a view, one can define an application-dependent view that combines this data. The structure of such a view is defined by specifying the tables and fields used in the view. Fields that are not required can be hidden, thereby minimizing interfaces. A view can be used in ABAP programs for data selection.

A view is like a telescope which just provides a picture of something. You can construct a view with special lenses or filters to allow you to look at one or more dictionary tables. You can look at parts of one table (selected records and/or fields) or combinations of tables and parts of tables. A view is an ABAP Dictionary object. In simple words, a View simply mirrors an entire database table. A view would just look like a table and act just like a table – but it isn't actually a table.

A view does not contain data of its own - rather, the view provides specialized access to the data that exists in other tables. For this reason, views are often called virtual tables. Views are used to look into one or more tables. A view does not contain data of its own.

Views combines more than one table. The structure of the view is defined in the ABAP Dictionary. With the help of views, application-dependent view can be defined that combines the data.

Data about an application object (like Purchase order, Sales Order, Invoice Verification, etc.) is often distributed on several database tables. By defining a view, one can define an application-dependent view that combines this data. The structure of such a view is defined by specifying the tables and fields used in the view. Fields that are not required can be hidden, thereby minimizing interfaces. A view can be used in ABAP programs for data selection.