Search Help

[Former Member]

Hi

I need to add a search help to the collective seach help of the material. Is this possible?

I also need to add a F4 search help to a field in the material. How can i do this?

Are any of this changes going to be overwritten with a future upgrade or suport package?

Thank you,

Nuno Silva

[Former Member]

<b>1) I need to add a search help to the collective seach help of the material. Is this possible?</b>

<b>2) I also need to add a F4 search help to a field in the material. How can i do this?</b>

Check the following code to get the F4 help in select options.

The following code is for the F4 help to the field G/L Account. Replace the G/L account (HKONT) field with your material field.

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

SELECT KSTAR KTEXT INTO TABLE IT_HKONT FROM CSKU WHERE SPRAS EQ 'EN'.

SORT IT_HKONT BY KSTAR.

CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'

EXPORTING

RETFIELD = 'HKONT'

VALUE_ORG = 'S'

TABLES

VALUE_TAB = IT_HKONT

RETURN_TAB = IT_RETURN.

IF SY-SUBRC = 0.

READ TABLE IT_RETURN INDEX 1.

MOVE IT_RETURN-FIELDVAL TO HKONT-LOW.

ENDIF.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR HKONT-HIGH.

SELECT KSTAR KTEXT INTO TABLE IT_HKONT FROM CSKU WHERE SPRAS EQ 'EN'.

SORT IT_HKONT BY KSTAR.

CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'

EXPORTING

RETFIELD = 'HKONT'

VALUE_ORG = 'S'

TABLES

VALUE_TAB = IT_HKONT

RETURN_TAB = IT_RETURN.

IF SY-SUBRC = 0.

READ TABLE IT_RETURN INDEX 1.

MOVE IT_RETURN-FIELDVAL TO HKONT-HIGH.

ENDIF.

<b>3) Are any of this changes going to be overwritten with a future upgrade or suport package?</b>

Search help does not effect any for teh future upgradation or support packages.

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[Former Member]

Hello Sravan,

Thank you for your answer.

Where do i place the code you gave me?

And how do i create a new elementary search help for the material?

Thank you,

Nuno Silva

[Former Member]

Hi Nuno Silva

The code i have given will creat search help dynamically for the Selection Options.

Before the code you need to declare a internal table to pass the same to function module.

<b>DATA: BEGIN OF IT_MAT OCCURS 0,

MATNR LIKE MARA-MATNR,

BEZEICH LIKE MAKT-MAKTX,

END OF IT_MAT.</b>

The code should be given at the event

<b>AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR MATNR-LOW.</b>

For creating the Elementary search help you have to try the T.Code SE11. where you can create the Elementary search help and Collective Search help also. Collective Search help is collection of Elementary search helps.

[Former Member]

Maybe i didn't explain myself, but i need to change the search help in MM02 and MM03 transactions. Not in a Z program.

Best regards,

Nuno Silva

[Former Member]

goto spro tcode ie sap img ( implementation guide) there goto click of img->logictics-general ->material master-> define match code object.

first u create search help with the required condition in help view and attached to the searchhelp elementary .

add this elementary search help in spro tcode which i had given above ( click on interfacemethods).

[Former Member]

Thank you.

That could do the trick.

Can I use an append search help? And like i asked before, is this change overwritten in future updates?

Thank you,

Nuno Silva

[Former Member]

Hi Nuno Silva

to get the additional search help for material number or for that matter any other SAP defined field. You will have search help exits defined. for the MATNR standard search help is MAT1(see in SE16). You will find an exit for this search help COM_SE_F4_HELP_EXIT. Steps are given there in Documentation. I think that can help you out in finding the way for new searc help.

to add search help for other fields which does not have any existing search help or search exits attached. You have to look out for user exits or BADIs.If you do not find these then look for OSS notes then.

First change will not get wiped out in upgradation but in second scenario if you are using other than exits, BADIs and OSS then changes might get lost.

Hope I clarify your points.

Thanks and Regards

Amit.

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