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Generating an SDI definition
In Layouts and in TSIs you can generate an SDI definition by running the Data onboarding definition wizard.
By running the Data onboarding wizard, a definition and a corresponding template (Excel) will be generated, which can be downloaded in Data onboarding or in SDI Configuration.
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•    This topic describes the procedure for Layouts . A similar procedure is also possible from TSIs .
•    If for a business object you are allowed to create user-defined business objects, then you can only generate an SDI definition on the user-defined business objects.
If this is not possible for the business object, then you can generate an SDI definition on the system business object.
1. Go to Layouts and select the (user-defined) business object whose layout you want to export.
2. Go to Layouts level, select the layout in the elements panel and click … > Generate SDI definition.
The Data onboarding definition wizard appears. Depending on the selected business object, this wizard has either 4 or 6 steps.
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You can browse through the wizard by clicking the selection steps in the left panel (instead of clicking Next or Previous). Use CTRL+Shift or CTRL+click to select multiple items.
a. Data onboarding definition: fill in a Code and a Name and click Next.
b. Select fields: from the Selected panel, deselect the fields that need not be filled in. By default, all the layout fields are listed in the Selected panel. The deselected fields will not be added to the template nor to the data onboarding definition. Click Next to continue.
c. Part of ID: select the field(s) to be used for identification and click Next.
If you only select a single field as the ID, the field should be unique, otherwise, use a combination of multiple fields.
d. Part of ID for references: per business object that is referred to (additional tabs in the wizard), select the fields to be used for identification. If no field is selected, often the Code or Code group field will be used for identification. Click Next to continue. In the template, there is a thick black line on the outside borders combining the fields you selected to identify the references.
e. Select links: select the links (M-to-N or Multiple Select Free Fields) to be imported and click Next.
f. Select part of ID for M-to-N links: for the selected links, select the fields to be used for identification.
3. Click Complete.
Your SDI definition is created. You can download the Template(s) and share it for filling out the data.
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Go to SDI configuration to download your template. You can also download your template from Data onboarding (to be able to see the definition there, it must first be set to Active in SDI configuration first).
4. Click Close.