Input help

[Former Member]

In how many ways canwe create a input help for a field..

[Former Member]

HI

you can define F4 help in 2 ways

in SE11 or in the report program

IN SE11

Attaching a search help to a table field

Choose the field name, click on search help tab and

provide the name of the search help.

A search help is attached to a field of a table or structure in the maintenance transaction for this table/structure, analogously to attaching to a table. You must assign the interface parameters of the search help to any fields of the table/structure. The search field must be assigned to an EXPORT parameter of the search help at this time.

Attach the search help to the table field

The search help ZSTRAVELAG_NAME is therefore directly attached to the field AGENCYNUM of table ZSTRAVELAG.

Attaching a search help to a data element

Provide the search help name and the parameter name

under the further characteristics tab of the data element.

If the input help of a field is defined by its data element, no further screen fields can be used in the input help.

Also note that the input F4 help would be available wherever the data element is used.

Attaching a search help to a screen element

A search help can be directly assigned to a screen field in two ways.

The name of the search help must be entered in the Screen Painter in the Attributes for the field in the field Search help.

The name of the search help can be defined for selection screens in ABAP reports in the PARAMETERS or SELECT-OPTIONS statement directly following the supplement MATCHCODE OBJECT.

However, input help is only available for this particular screen.

in REPORT PROGRAM

in this way we declare in report program

TYPES : BEGIN OF ST_OBJID_SH,

OTYPE TYPE HRP1000-OTYPE,

OBJID TYPE HRP1000-OBJID,

END OF ST_OBJID_SH.

DATA : IT_OBJID_SH TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ST_OBJID_SH.

DATA : WA_OBJID_SH TYPE ST_OBJID_SH.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.

*SELECT-OPTIONS : S_OTYPE FOR HRP1001-OTYPE NO INTERVALS .

SELECT-OPTIONS : S_OBJID FOR HRP1001-OBJID NO INTERVALS .

SELECT-OPTIONS : DATE FOR SY-DATUM NO-EXTENSION OBLIGATORY.

SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK B1.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_OBJID-LOW.

• IF S_OBJID IS NOT INITIAL.

SELECT OTYPE OBJID FROM HRP1000

INTO TABLE IT_OBJID_SH

WHERE OTYPE = 'D'.

IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.

• SEARCH HELP FOR QUALIFICATION.

CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'

EXPORTING

• DDIC_STRUCTURE = ' '

RETFIELD = 'OBJID'

• PVALKEY = ' '

DYNPPROG = SY-REPID

DYNPNR = SY-DYNNR

DYNPROFIELD = 'S_OBJID'

• STEPL = 0

• WINDOW_TITLE =

• VALUE = ' '

VALUE_ORG = 'S'

• MULTIPLE_CHOICE = ' '

• DISPLAY = ' '

• CALLBACK_PROGRAM = ' '

• CALLBACK_FORM = ' '

• MARK_TAB =

• IMPORTING

• USER_RESET =

TABLES

VALUE_TAB = IT_OBJID_SH

• FIELD_TAB =

• RETURN_TAB = RETURN_TAB

• DYNPFLD_MAPPING =

• EXCEPTIONS

• PARAMETER_ERROR = 1

• NO_VALUES_FOUND = 2

• OTHERS = 3

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

ENDIF.

.

Check this out

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/value-request-for-parameter.htm

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sample program

report zrich_0001 .

data: begin of ihelp occurs 0,

field type char10,

ftext type char50,

end of ihelp.

data: a_field(20) type c.

select-options s_field for a_field.

initialization.

ihelp-field = 'A'.

ihelp-ftext = 'Description A'.

append ihelp.

ihelp-field = 'B'.

ihelp-ftext = 'Description B'.

append ihelp.

ihelp-field = 'C'.

ihelp-ftext = 'Description C'.

append ihelp.

at selection-screen on value-request for s_field-low.

call function 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'

exporting

retfield = 'FIELD'

dynprofield = 'S_FIELD'

dynpprog = sy-cprog

dynpnr = sy-dynnr

value_org = 'S'

tables

value_tab = ihelp.

start-of-selection.

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one more program....

REPORT ZHELP .

TABLES : MARA.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.

PARAMETERS : P_MATNR(10) TYPE C.

SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK B1.

DATA : BEGIN OF ITAB OCCURS 0,

MATNR TYPE MATNR,

END OF ITAB.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_MATNR.

SELECT MATNR

FROM MARA

INTO TABLE ITAB

UP TO 10 ROWS.

CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'

EXPORTING

RETFIELD = 'MATERIAL NUMBER'

DYNPPROG = SY-REPID

DYNPNR = SY-DYNNR

DYNPROFIELD = 'P_MATNR'

VALUE_ORG = 'S'

TABLES

VALUE_TAB = ITAB

EXCEPTIONS

PARAMETER_ERROR = 1

NO_VALUES_FOUND = 2

OTHERS = 3.

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Create it from SE11.

enter search help

and create elementary

enter description and below Table name

and the fields

see the doc

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. A 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 a 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 a collective search help, they are expanded to the level of the elementary search helps when the input help is called.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee38446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee45446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

pls go through this for search help creation

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

[Former Member]

hi,

in three ways we can create for input help.

1)parameters

2)select-options

3)Ranges.

thanks,

usha

[harimanjesh_an]

hi mahesh,

Input help (F4) is standard function throughout the system.

If the user chooses F4 or the input help button () to the right of a screen field, a list of possible entries appears for the cursor in which the cursor is currently positioned. The user can then choose one or more values, which are then copied into the screen field

check these links for reference,

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/9f/dbacf735c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

reward me if useful.......

Harimanjesh AN