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Regarding Search Help

Former Member — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:21:12 GMT

On the selection screen I have two select options one is Company code (Bukrs)and second is Posting Period (Opvar)

Need custom search help for the posting period variant .

The default posting period variant should be same as company code (or we can validate against table field T001- OPVAR to get the posting period variant for that particular company code)

In the F4 option for posting period variant, only the posting period variants applicable for selection screen company code should be displayed. Collect data from tables T001- OPVAR and T882G- OPVAR) for the given company code and display in the pop-up (F4). Users should select the required posting period variants from the pop-up and need validation for that field on company code selection.

Please provide me answer for this requirement how to validate the select option

And to create search for two tables t001 and t882g and way to code the program

Re: Regarding Search Help

Former Member — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:23:59 GMT

Hi Uday,

Use the FM F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST for implementing your search help for the required fields.

Thanks

Vijay

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Re: Regarding Search Help

Former Member — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:33:12 GMT

Hi,

Go through this link.

http://www.saptechnical.com/Tutorials/ABAP/F1Help/Create.htm

Search Helps

The input help (F4 help) is a standard function of the R/3 System. The user can display the list of all possible input values for a screen field with the input help. The possible input values can be enhanced with further information. This is meaningful especially when the field requires the input of a formal key.

Standard Input Help Process

A user calls an input help with the following steps (some steps can be omitted, depending on the definition of the input help):

The user starts the input help to display the possible input values for a field (search field) in a screen template.

The system offers the user a number of possible search paths. The user selects one of these search paths. Each search path offers a number of restrictions to limit the number of possible input values. These values are offered in a Dialog box for value restriction when the search path is selected.

The user enters restrictions if required and then starts the search.

The system determines the values that satisfy the entered restrictions (hits) and displays them as a list (hit list).

The user selects the most suitable line from the hit list by double-clicking.

The value of the search field is returned to the screen template (possibly together with other values).

Steps 2 and 3 are omitted if there is only a single search path available. In this case the dialog box for the value selection is offered immediately. You can also output the hit list directly after starting the input help. Steps 2 to 4 are omitted in this case.

Function of a Search Help

This standard process can be completely defined by creating a search help in the ABAP Dictionary. This search help only has to be assigned to the screen fields in which they should be available (see Attaching Search Helps to Screen Fields).

There are two types of search help:

Elementary search helps describe a search path. The elementary search help must define where the data of the hit list should be read from (selection method), how the exchange of values between the screen template and selection method is implemented (interface of the search help) and how the online input help should be defined (online behavior of the search help).

Collective search helps combine several elementary search helps. A collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.

Re: Regarding Search Help

Former Member — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:42:07 GMT

Follow up as below.

1.Create 'Database view' using SE11->view->database view

- Collect data from tables T001- OPVAR and T882G-OPVAR

using join table in this step.

2.Create 'Search helps' using SE11->Search help, choose

'Elementary srch hlp'

2.1 Tab 'Definition' fill table view name from step 1, choose Dialog type

than input parameter that you want to show on screen after click

field.

3. On abap programe , at selection screen add coding as below

select-options : s_burks FOR xxx-burks matchcode object (search help name from step 2).'