search help exit problem

[Former Member]

Hello Dear Experts,

I am facing some problem in creating a search help exit.

I need to write a search help exit which provides

the "Maintenance status of complete material" (Table Mara -> Field VPSTA).

It is little bit complicate to do that becausesearch help exit have a predefined interface generally

and I dont know the handling with it. I have used the pattern

F4IF_SHLP_EXIT_EXAMPLE which is for all the search help exits to be created.

But e.g. the RECORD_TAB is always empty. I have also created one Paramter named ZVPSTA

within my Elementary srch hlp.

Please help me to do that. What is still missing in the below shown code ?

Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

FUNCTION ZSHELPEXIT.
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*"*"Local Interface:
*"  TABLES
*"      SHLP_TAB TYPE  SHLP_DESCT
*"      RECORD_TAB STRUCTURE  SEAHLPRES
*"  CHANGING
*"     REFERENCE(ZVPSTA) TYPE  ZVPSTA OPTIONAL
*"     VALUE(SHLP) TYPE  SHLP_DESCR OPTIONAL
*"     VALUE(CALLCONTROL) LIKE  DDSHF4CTRL STRUCTURE  DDSHF4CTRL
*"       OPTIONAL
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------

tables: mara.

data ls_itab type  MARA-VPSTA.
data lt_itab type table of MARA-VPSTA.

select DISTINCT VPSTA from mara into table lt_itab.
ZVPSTA = lt_itab[].

ENDFUNCTION.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Refer this link..[Search help exit |]

[Former Member]

record_tab is always empty what is wrong ? Please help !

Regards

ilhan

[former_member156446]

Check [My Wiki on search help exit|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/x/du0]

there is some thing to do with callcontrol-step... you need to check if its select or some thing else... its been long I dont remember much of it either..

[Former Member]

thanks for all your replys. All what I am trying to understand is how can I influence

the output.

e.g.

the "Maintenance status of complete material" (Table Mara -> Field VPSTA)

has several times the same data entry. I want elimanate them with

select DISTINCT VPSTA from mara into table lt_itab.

But there is no chance to do that. It ignores this statement totaly.

Regards

ilhan

[former_member156446]

how about you select all VPSTA into lt_temp and say delete adjucent duplicate comapring VPSTA and use for all entries on lt_temp.

select VPSTA from mara

for all entries in lt_temp

where <cond>

into table lt_itab.