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[doc issue] minor copy-paste-error - muddled up API reference pointers - sap.ui.core.Element.bindObject etc #222
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Issue description
The SAP Help documentation page published here lists a handful of methods at the end which the inclined reader is encouraged to look up in the API reference (a.k.a. UI5 Demo Kit).
Some entries confuse methods defined in sap.ui.core.Element and methods defined in sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.
The list in-situ is:
sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.bindObjectsap.ui.base.ManagedObject.getObjectBindingsap.ui.base.ManagedObject.unbindObjectsap.ui.core.Element.bindObjectsap.ui.core.Element.getObjectBindingsap.ui.core.Element.unbindElement
The list should be:
sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.bindObjectsap.ui.base.ManagedObject.getObjectBindingsap.ui.base.ManagedObject.unbindObjectsap.ui.core.Element.bindElementsap.ui.core.Element.getElementBindingsap.ui.core.Element.unbindElement
The corresponding document hosted here in this repository ( https://github.com/SAP-docs/sapui5/blob/main/docs/04_Essentials/context-binding-element-binding-91f05e8.md ) seems to have been updated to use hyperlinks but is still not entirely correct:
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.bindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/bindObject).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.getObjectBinding`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/getObjectBinding).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.unbindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/unbindObject).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.bindElement`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/bindElement).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.getElementBinding`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/getElementBinding).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.unbindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/unbindElement).
...should be...
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.bindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/bindObject).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.getObjectBinding`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/getObjectBinding).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.base.ManagedObject.unbindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.base.ManagedObject/methods/unbindObject).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.bindElement`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/bindElement).
* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.getElementBinding`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/getElementBinding).
-* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.unbindObject`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/unbindElement).
+* [API Reference: `sap.ui.core.Element.unbindElement`](https://ui5.sap.com/#/api/sap.ui.core.Element/methods/unbindElement).Thence my question: Are updates to the documentation at https://github.com/SAP-docs/sapui5/blob/main/docs propagated to the SAP Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/docs? If so, when?
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KvM2 commentedon Sep 3, 2026
Hi @teetotum , thanks for your contribution ! We'll take a look at it and get back to you.
KlattG commentedon Sep 3, 2026
Hi @teetotum , I have fixed the wrong hyperlink. The update to the documentation will become visible with the next UI5 release. UI5 follows a rolling release model, providing new versions every four weeks. You can find the latest release of the SAPUI5 Developer's Guide at https://ui5.sap.com/#/topic.
teetotum commentedon Sep 3, 2026
Thank you. I now realised I was probably working with a somewhat outdated version of the documentation which I accessed at https://help.sap.com/docs/ABAP_PLATFORM_NEW/468a97775123488ab3345a0c48cadd8f
I will switch to the docs at https://ui5.sap.com/#/topic from now on.
The content seems mostly identical, but I noticed difference, for example chapter Essentials: Data Binding: Sorting, Grouping, and Filtering for List Binding at the outdated docs doesn't mention Tree Binding, but the corresponding chapter Essentials: Data Binding: Sorting, Grouping, and Filtering for List Binding and Tree Binding includes it.