Cluster Tables In SAP ABAP.

What Do You Mean By Cluster Tables In SAP ABAP? Also Explain What Do You Mean By Table Cluster?

Cluster Tables In SAP ABAP.

 A cluster table is similar to a Pooled table. It has a many to one relationship with a table in an underlying database. Many cluster tables are stored in a single table in an underlying database called a table cluster.

So table cluster is similar to pooled table pool. A table cluster holds only cluster table within it.

Table clusters store data from several cluster tables based on the primary key fields that they have in common.

Rows from the cluster tables are combined into a single row in the table cluster. The rows are combined based on the part of the primary key they have in common.

The biggest advantage of cluster table and pooled table is they reduce the number of database reads and thereby improve performance.

 Tables CDPOS and CDHDR are Cluster tables in SAP ABAP Dictionary and CDCLS is the table cluster that exist in the underlying database. CDCLS table contains or hold data of both tables CDPOS and CDHDR in the underlying database.