topic Re: search help items reduction in Application Development and Automation Discussions

search help items reduction

Former Member — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:29:03 GMT

I want to reduce the search help output linked to a parameter

for example these are the initial values of the search help:

now, I want to display only the first 3 values, that is:

how can I do? can you tell me the code to put please?

former_member370623 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:32:18 GMT

Hi Nick,

you can write your logic in

AT SELECTION-SCREEN on value request

and use F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST fm and fill value_Tab.

Or you can use search help exit.

GK817 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:39:52 GMT

Hi Nick,

My assumption is that it's for a custom search help.

1. You can edit search help to change it to display values with restrictions and then default some values to selection fields.

2. You can write your logic in search help exit to filter the list.

Former Member — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:41:39 GMT

can you make a code example?

Former Member — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:42:40 GMT

both points are fine, can you make a code example?

Dominik_Tylczynski — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:51:06 GMT

Refer to function module F4IF_SHLP_EXIT_EXAMPLE for an example of search help exit.

Also see SAP Help: Search Help Exit

Dominik Tylczynski

former_member370623 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:54:36 GMT

here is an example link

Former Member — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:12:32 GMT

but in this case there will be only one value

READ TABLE it_return into wa_return index 1.
p_ebeln = wa_return-fieldval.

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:23:18 GMT

nick.reyan Do you really want the user to select several values from the search help? Is it a Select-Options field?

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:24:58 GMT

The rule of selecting the first three values is weird (random filtering?). Isn't there a filter criterion based on a field value?