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search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:41:11 GMT

how to create search help for the table entries?

Re: search help

RaymondGiuseppi — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:59:41 GMT

Look at [Creating Elementary Search Helps|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/cf/21ee5f446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm]

Regards

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:19:53 GMT

hi,

there are different types of search help.

u can create a search help either by using the transaction se11 or by using the function modules.

in se11 u have the option called search help.

create one and then it asks for tht type of ur search help depending on ur requirement u can go either for elementary or composite.

u can create in this way

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:26:39 GMT

hi,

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/41/f6b237fec48c67e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee2b446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:34:30 GMT

goto se11 transaction -

>select search help radio button--

>create~~>give short description~~-->in SEARCH HELP PARAMETER --->give the feild for which u want the search help.

in SELECTION METHOD --->give the table name.

save and activate.

now in the table----~~place the cursor on the feild for which u want search help~~and there is a icon called search help click that---->give the search help name there....and click on copy.

directly u can create by clicking on icon SEARCH HELP....there u can give feild name...table...and click on genereate proposal...

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:00:51 GMT

hi,

hey go thru the info in the below link

http://www.saptechnical.com/Tutorials/ABAP/SearchHelp/page1.htm

Diff Between Elementary search helps & Collective search helps

1) 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).

2) Collective search helps combine several elementary search helps. Collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.

3) An elementary search help defines the standard flow of an input help.

4) A collective search help combines several elementary search helps. The user can thus choose one of several alternative search paths with collective search help.

5) A collective search help comprises several elementary search helps. It combines all the search paths that are meaningful for a field.

6) Both elementary search helps and other search helps can be included in a collective search help. If other collective search helps are contained in collective search help, they are expanded to the level of the elementary search helps when the input help is called.

hope it fulfills ur need

Regards

Archana

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:05:29 GMT

hi,

Creating Elementary Search Helps

Procedure

1. In the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, select object class Search help, enter the

name of the search help and choose Create.

A dialog box appears in which you must select the type of search help.

2. Select Elementary search help and choose .

The maintenance screen for elementary search helps appears.

3. Enter an explanatory text in the field Short text.

You can for example find the search help at a later time using this short text.

4. In the Definition tab page enter the selection method of the search help.

You can enter the name of a table or a view (database view, projection view or help

view) here. If you enter a table that has a text table ,the name of the text table

is automatically entered in the corresponding field.

5. Using the input help (F4 help), select fields of the selection method as parameter in the

Search help parameter area. Select the fields that should be used in the dialog box for

value selection or in the hit list.

If the selection method is a table that has a text table, both the fields of the table and the

fields of the text table are offered in the input help.

The data element of the parameter is automatically copied from the selection method.

The data element defines the output attributes and the F1 help of the parameter in the hit

list and in the dialog box for value selection.

You can assign the parameter another data element. To do so, select the Mod flag. The

Data element field is now ready for input. Then select a data element with the input help

(F4 help). Only data elements whose data type, length and number of decimal places is

the same as those of the previous data element can be assigned.

This removes the link between the data element of the search help parameter and the

data element of the selection method field having the same name. If you cancel the Mod

flag, the data element of the assigned table field is used again.

6. Define the attributes of the search help parameters.

Select the IMP flag if it is an import parameter. Select the EXP flag if it is an export

parameter.

You can define the dialog for the input help with the fields LPos, SPos and SDis. Enter

the parameter position in the hit list in LPos. If you enter nothing or the value 0 here, the

parameter is not displayed in the hit list.

regards,

pavan t.

Edited by: Pavan T on Feb 29, 2008 10:06 AM

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:09:12 GMT

Thanks for the information guys

Re: search help

Former Member — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:11:30 GMT


> how to create search help for the table entries?

Hi,

There are two types of search helps

1..elementary search help

2..collective search help.

first we have to create elementary search help from se11 and we have to give that elementary search help to collective search help as we done in line type and row type.

regards,\

swami