In general a entity is described by the following attributes in the file:
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ID (<SAP internal identifier> + “|” + <Type>)
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Technical Name (except for Transformations)
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UID (only for BW Queries, Calculated Key Figures, Restricted Key Figures and Transformations)
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Logical System (only for DataSources)
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Descriptions (if parameter -d is set and the languages are maintained in appsettings.xml)
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If there is no description for the languages are found, nothing is add to the file
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If there is no description for Transformations the SAP internal logic of the building the Transformation Description is
<source Type> + “ “ + <source Technical Name> + “ -> “ + <target Type> + “ “ + <target Technical Name>
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XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfEntity xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<entity>
<id>00O2TFIS8KH7TIIRUUIONW8BZ|REP</id>
<technicalName>/IMO/V_FIGL03_Q0001</technicalName>
<uid>00O2TFIS8KH7TIIRUUIONW8BZ</uid>
<type>REP</type>
<descriptions>
<description language="D" text="FI-GL: Bilanz/GuV" />
<description language="E" text="FI-GL: Financial Statement" />
</descriptions>
</entity>
...
</ArrayOfEntity>