HCM P&F Fiori - F4 help (in a popup format)

[newmiadpe]

Hi,

For the first time I need to implement a dependent value help in a popup format (till now I always did it with dependent dropdown fields).

I followed all the steps in the "A comprehensive guide for configuring SAP P&F for Fiori" document, section "Implementation of dependent value help or F4 Help (in a popup format)", but I still have an issue...

-I set the field I0001_BUKRS as the F4 Parent Field of RCV_MGR_UNAME:

-I added all the fields in the new Backend Service:

-It's working fine for the default value of field I0001_BUKRS, I receive it in the GET_HELP_VALUES correctly:

-Then, when I change the value for the I0001_BUKRS dropdown field into the screen, the new value is reflected correctly in the F4 help popup...

-...BUT not arriving in the Backend Service GET_HELP_VALUE, is arriving the default value:

Any idea about what I'm missing here?

Thanks !!

Miguel Angel.

[maro_mes]

Hi,

Were you able to solve the problem?

Thanks in advance

[ChrisSolomon]

Dependent "help" is an absolute mess with HCM P&F Fiori. I wrote/ranted/commented about it in several posts over in the official SAP Jam "HCM P&F" forum.

First off, even though you made your values dependent on the "parent", you are still going to need a user event on your "parent" field so that when it changes, you can correctly populate your "child" help list......and this means you must also send/map ALL those fields for your parent and child determination to your user event.....and be careful, because OData does not handle too many fields in a user event very well. Don't even get me started when the values of a "child" dropdown can depend on multiple "parent" fields (for example, Pay Scale Group depends on BOTH Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area selected). It's all such a mess that in my last project (even with SAP coming in to try to help), we ended up pretty much "ripping out" any dependent drop-downs and handling them differently.

[Joseph_BERTHE · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I am encountering the same problems. I want to link the country (dropdown list) with the region (input field with Matchcode). I notice that when I change the country, Fiori does not send a request to the backend, so it does not know that the instance has a different country. Moreover, I feel that even if the country is in the Where clause of the region, P&F does not take it into account.

I tried using User Events, but I did not see any difference. Do you have any documentation or examples that show how this works?

I also tried using a Generic Service, but in the GET_HELP_VALUES method, I do not have the search help filters, and I do not feel that there is an API that allows me to retrieve the filters from the OData request.

If you have any information/examples, that would be great. I am struggling to explain to my client that this basic functionality is not possible or is difficult to implement!

Help me 🙂

[newmiadpe · Accepted solution]

Hi Joseph, as I commented to Chris, I only have experience (positive experience) working with simple dependent dropdowns... I'm not able to implement the Input fields with a matchcode 😞

[newmiadpe]

Hi Chris,

Yes, I see... Till now I've implemented the dependent fields with dropdowns, one by one, as you did it...

Reading SAP notes, I see there are a LOT of issues with Fiori P&F lately... Some weeks ago I read this note about multiple parents and I thought I could implement it:

But not sure is a good idea... several SAP notes related to search help:

I think I will continue working with simple dependent dropdowns......

Thanks!

Miguel Angel.

[ChrisSolomon]

yes....they came out with that "fix" after I personally (through my client) provided them a scenario where multiple "parents" might be needed...but their "fix" was only half-baked and did not address a lot of the real underlying problems with how they implemented this for Fiori HCMPF.

[newmiadpe]

Hi,

Not yet, still trying to figure it out...

Miguel Angel.