3688205 - "CAST of type FLTP to type DEC is not possible" when creating a Custom CDS View

Error message "CAST XXX of type FLTP to type DEC is not possible" is displayed when creating a calculation inside a Custom CDS View to convert FLTP to DEC using Cast function. 

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

This type of conversion is not handled by CAST. You can use FLTP_TO_DEC to convert FLTP data types to DEC data type.

Use the following function in your calculation:

FLTP_TO_DEC( field as abap.dec(len,decimals) )

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