Reporting plays a vital role in SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) by providing insights into procurement activities, supplier performance, and operational efficiency. Traditionally, SRM reporting has relied on standard SAP reports and SAP Business Warehouse (BW) extracts. However, with the evolution of SAP’s data modeling capabilities, Core Data Services (CDS) Views have emerged as a powerful method for building flexible, performant, and reusable reports directly on transactional data.
This article discusses how leveraging CDS Views can enhance SRM reporting capabilities, streamline analytics, and support decision-making processes.
Core Data Services (CDS) is an SAP data modeling infrastructure that allows developers to define semantic layers on top of database tables. CDS Views provide:
In SAP environments, CDS Views can serve as a foundation for Fiori apps, analytical reports, and embedded analytics.
Unlike traditional BW-based reporting that relies on data replication and batch loads, CDS Views query the live SRM database, enabling up-to-date insights.
Built natively on SAP HANA, CDS Views leverage in-memory computing and push-down operations, accelerating data retrieval and aggregation.
CDS Views abstract complex table joins and business logic, providing a clean and reusable semantic layer for report developers and business users.
CDS Views can be extended or customized to include additional fields or calculations, supporting evolving business needs without impacting core data models.
CDS Views integrate seamlessly with SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and other BI tools, enabling rich visualization and interactive analysis.
BBP* tables (e.g., BBP_PORDER, BBP_CART).Leveraging CDS Views for SAP SRM reporting unlocks powerful, real-time analytics capabilities directly on procurement data. CDS Views enhance reporting flexibility, performance, and integration with modern SAP tools, empowering organizations to gain deeper insights and make informed procurement decisions. By adopting CDS-based reporting, companies can streamline their SRM analytics landscape and future-proof their reporting infrastructure.