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@sap/cds-compiler

Compiles CDS models to CSN, EDMX and database schemas.

npm144,667/wk
Docs

Facts

Latestv7.2.1ReleasedLicenceSAP DEVELOPER LICENSE AGREEMENT 3.2 CAP

Where it sits

Lives in
CAP
Provides
Data modellingCAPData modellingcapabilityDefining the shape of data before anything serves it: entities and their types, how they relate, and the projections and views that services and applications consume.
Flavors
Node.jsfrom its runtime

What it declares

Every artifact

Type
Build tool
Origin
By SAP
Runtime
Node.js

As a build tool

Distributed through
npm

Connections2

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@sap/cds-compiler connections@sap/cds-compilerPROVIDES→ provides1provides stated Compiles CDL to CSN, and CSN to the DDL of the configured database dialect, EDMX and the hdbtable and hdbview artifacts; cds deploy --dry prints the DDL without executing it. CDL Compilation to Database-Specific DDLs — capire: https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/guides/databases/cdl-to-ddl CDL Compilation to Database-Specific DDLs — capire: https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/guides/databases/cdl-to-ddlData modellingUSED BY← used by1used by derived generating the rename procedure with `cdsc toRename`, which renames the existing HANA artefacts to the identifiers CAP expects. Through: inverted from its requires edge SAP-samples/xsa-cap-migration — README, Step-2.1: https://github.com/SAP-samples/xsa-cap-migrationxsa-cap-migration

Install

npm add @sap/cds-compiler

Derived from the package name. No recipe recorded; the README has the configuration.

README

quoted from @sap/cds-compiler@7.1.2, read
@sap/cds-compiler@7.1.2/README.mdOn npm

Getting started

excerpt, SAP DEVELOPER LICENSE AGREEMENT 3.2 CAP, read licencethe rest, on npm

History

Latest

v7.2.1

Fixes 1

  1. v7.2.0

    Features 5, Fixes 3

  2. v7.1.2

    Fixes 2

  3. v7.1.1

    Fixes 2

  4. v7.1.0

    Features 4, Fixes 3

  5. v7.0.3

    Fixes 2

  6. v7.0.2

    Fixes 1

  7. v7.0.1

    Breaking 5, Features 6, Fixes 1

  8. v6.9.6

    Fixes 2

  9. v6.9.5

    Fixes 2

  10. v6.9.4

    Fixes 1

  11. v6.9.3

    Fixes 1

  12. v6.9.2

    Fixes 1

  13. v6.9.1

    Fixes 2

  14. v6.9.0

    Features 7, Fixes 3

  15. v6.8.0

    Features 4, Fixes 1

  16. v6.7.3

    Fixes 1

  17. v6.7.2

    Fixes 3

  18. v6.7.1

    Fixes 1

  19. v6.7.0

    Features 1, Changed 2, Fixes 1

  20. v6.6.2

    Fixes 1

  21. v6.6.0

    Features 3, Changed 1, Fixes 2

  22. v6.5.2

    Fixes 1

  23. v6.5.0

    Features 3, Changed 2, Fixes 1

  24. v6.4.6

    Fixes 1

  25. v6.4.4

    Removed, Fixes 2

  26. v6.4.2

    Fixes 3

  27. v6.4.0

    Features 3, Changed 1, Fixes 2

  28. v6.3.6

    Fixes 1

  29. v6.3.4

    Fixes 2

  30. v6.3.2

    Fixes 1

  31. v6.3.0

    Removed 1, Features 3, Changed 3, Fixes 3

  32. v6.2.2

    Fixes 1

  33. v6.2.0

    Features 2, Changed 5, Fixes 1

  34. v6.1.0

    Features 1, Changed 1, Fixes 1

  35. v6.0.14

    Fixes 2

  36. v6.0.12

    Changed 1, Fixes 3

  37. v6.0.10

    Fixes 2

  38. v6.0.8

    Removed 4, Features 3, Changed 7, Fixes 1

  39. v5.9.12

    Fixes 1

  40. v5.9.10

    Fixes 2

  41. v5.9.8

    Fixes 1

  42. v5.9.6

    Fixes 2

  43. v5.9.4

    Fixes 1

  44. v5.9.2

    Fixes 1

  45. v5.9.0

    Features 4, Changed 1, Fixes 1

  46. v5.8.2

    Fixes 1

  47. v5.8.0

    Features 6, Changed 2, Fixes 6

  48. v5.7.4

    Fixes 1

  49. v5.7.2

    Fixes 1

  50. v5.7.0

    Features 2, Changed 1, Fixes 6

  51. v5.6.0

    Features 2, Changed 1

  52. v5.5.2

    Fixes 1

  53. v5.5.0

    Features 3, Changed 1

  54. v5.4.4

    Fixes 2

  55. v5.4.2

    Fixes 1

  56. v5.4.0

    Features 1, Changed 3, Fixes 4

  57. v5.3.2

    Fixes 1

  58. v5.3.0

    Removed 1, Features 4, Fixes 3

  59. v5.2.0

    Features 2, Changed 2, Fixes 2

  60. v5.1.2

    Fixes 1

  61. v5.1.0

    Features 2, Changed 2, Fixes 4

  62. v5.0.6

    Fixes 1

  63. v5.0.4

    Fixes 3

  64. v5.0.2

    Changed 2, Fixes 1

  65. v5.0.0

    Removed 2, Changed 7, Fixes 1

On unpkg
142,903downloads per week, npm
Weekly downloads for @sap/cds-compiler26 complete calendar weeks from 2026-04-20 to 2026-10-18; the latest total is 142903.20 Apr – 26 Apr: 309,63327 Apr – 3 May: 281,1834 May – 10 May: 311,99711 May – 17 May: 325,48818 May – 24 May: 331,58125 May – 31 May: 305,9121 Jun – 7 Jun: 260,5688 Jun – 14 Jun: 337,70215 Jun – 21 Jun: 327,28222 Jun – 28 Jun: 325,02329 Jun – 5 Jul: 343,4426 Jul – 12 Jul: 362,53613 Jul – 19 Jul: 385,80320 Jul – 26 Jul: 381,13727 Jul – 2 Aug: 367,5393 Aug – 9 Aug: 369,36210 Aug – 16 Aug: 288,05317 Aug – 23 Aug: 334,86124 Aug – 30 Aug: 334,14731 Aug – 6 Sept: 254,9967 Sept – 13 Sept: 190,07114 Sept – 20 Sept: 221,83921 Sept – 27 Sept: 284,45828 Sept – 4 Oct: 293,2755 Oct – 11 Oct: 255,23112 Oct – 18 Oct: 142,903

Others providing5

Compare all 6 on the Data modelling page →
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  2. com.sap.cds:cds-services-bomMaven bill of materials pinning CAP Java module versions
  3. @sap/cds-common-contentISO content for CAP's countries, languages, currencies and timezones
  4. @sap/cdsCAP Node.js runtime
  5. cap-user-infoUser details and quickview links for createdBy and modifiedBy

Details

Sources4
npm registrydiscovered herechecked
GitHub APIdiscovered here, cap-jschecked
npm registry, @sap/cds-compilerversion, releases, installschecked
README.mdquoted, and what the entry declareschecked

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Compatibility and provenance
runtimesnode
latestv7.2.1
first release
releases and cadence160, ~7d median
discovered vianpm registry, GitHub API · cap-js
first seen in the atlas
ecosystem and domaincap, developer-experience
History in the atlas2
  1. Unmapped since the seed because the capability it answers did not exist. The compiler is what turns CDL into CSN; every other tool reads the model through it.
  2. First seen.
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