In SAP, there are Input Fields that provide the suggestion box once you started typing for the value that you wanted to use. This is the Enhanced Search that was delivered with AS ABAP 7.4 SP05. More information here:
But this feature is not applied to all the input fields in a Standard Screen. For these fields, you still must press the Search Help button and then press enter to show a pop-up screen of the possible entries for that field (as seen below).
If there is a requirement for you to add the auto suggest functionality to a Standard Search Help, follow the step-by-step guide below:
1. Create a Search Help that you want to add for the Standard Search Help that does not have auto suggest or Enhanced Search. For this tutorial, I have copied Search Help IFLMA that is part of the Collective Search Help IFLM.
2. Tick the checkboxes under Enhanced Options and Change the Hot key to “Z”. Then press Activate.
3. Go to the Collective Search Help IFLM where you want to append the newly created Search Help with auto suggest.
4. Go to Append Search Help or Press F5.
5. Press Create Append button on pop-up screen. A new pop-screen will appear to input the Append Name then press Continue.
6. Provide the Short Description for and go to Included Search Helps Tab. Enter the name of your newly created Search Help. Then press Activate.
Now you can see the suggestion box is now being displayed while you are typing in the Input Field.
Note:
If you want to limit the output of the auto suggestion results, you can add an Implicit Enhancement at the end of the following:
Program Name: SDSH_BADI_HANDLER
Subroutine: HANDLE_BADI_CALL
Make sure to limit your logic to the specific Search Help and the step as “DISP” for Step Display.
Bluesky