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● Non-Structural
Package contains both repository objects and subpackages.
The following packages are delivered by default with the repository:
● sap
Transportable package reserved for content delivered by SAP. Partners and customers must not use the sap
package; they must create and use their own root package to avoid conflicts with software delivered by SAP,
for example when SAP updates or overwrites the sap package structure during an update or patch process.
● system-local
Non-transportable, structural packages (and subpackages). Content in this package (and any subpackages)
is considered system local and cannot be transported. This is similar to the concept of the $tmp development
class in SAP NetWeaver ABAP.
● system-local.generated
Transportable, structural packages for generated content, that is; content not created by manual user
interaction
● system-local.private
Transportable, structural sub-packages containing objects that belong to individual users and are named
after these users (and are exclusively reserved for these users). For example, system-
local.private.
Package Naming Conventions
The following rules apply to package names:
● Permitted characters
Lower/upper case letters (aA-zZ), digits (0-9), hyphens (-), and dots (.) are permitted in package names.
Dots in a package name define a logical hierarchy. For example, "a.b.c" specifies a package "a" that contains
sub-package "b", which in turn contains sub-package "c".
● Forbidden characters
A package name must not start with either a dot (.) or a hyphen (-) and cannot contain two or more
consecutive dots (..).
● Package name length
The maximum permitted length of a package name is 190 characters. To avoid problems, we recommend you
restrict the length of package names to well under the 190-character limit.
● Package namespace length
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