Are search helps available on RF screens?

[Kinsbrunner]

Hi experts,

I have no prior EWM experience and supporting a colleague in order to achieve a requirement that initially sounded easy; adding a search help into an existing field.

The point is that I should add a search help into the following screen, for adding additional capabilities for the Product field:

After researching a while, I started finding documents which commented things such as "no F1 helps and F4 input helps are available" or "because of the limited number of pushbuttons and the small screen size, no field help and no value input help is available.[...] Since RF module uses F1 & F4 function keys differently than the regular ABAP screens, they shold be overloaded.".

Based on this, are these comments something old? Is it possible to add a search help into this standard field?

Your advice and comments are welcome.

Regards.

Alejandro.

joerg.michaelis

[Kinsbrunner]

Hi SAP colleagues joerg.michaelis karlchristian.roediger christoph.lessmoellmann2 ,

Are you able to provide any advice? I have been looking at some of your written docs but still not able to get any answer.

Do you think my requirement is feasible? Do you have any directions?

Thanks in advance.

Alejandro.

[Daniil]

Hi Alejandro, it is available for some fields in standard. F8 Button by default shows list of values. For example list of resources RFUI on logon screen.

And you can add own with /scwm/cl_rf_bll_srvc=>insert_listbox if you need.

BR,

Daniil

[Kinsbrunner]

Thanks d.m. for your answer.

Do you have any detailed link/blog which explains the steps to follow?

When clicking F8, I see the following:

Also, I realize you mentioned that it could "show a list of values" while what I need is to have a search help, where user could serch based on, i.e. prod hierarchy, material description. Is this still feasible?

Appreciate your advice and your directions.

Regards.

Alejandro.

[Daniil]

where user could search based on, i.e. prod hierarchy,

It is not so easy in this case, but can be done with own screen and fields for input which are used in a search help.

Usually there are barcodes on the product, and RF Search helps (F8 listboxes) are used for some small ranges, like resources, work centers, stock types, where it is enough to have a list.

In general search help in web is available and theoretically it is possible to integrate in in the RF dialogue. But in this case it is easier to use Fiori app, where the search help will be probably included. And if not Fiori than "Product search" screen with predefined search parameters, sounds like not such a big development.

I do not have any link or document for this, maybe you can find something helpful in RF Cookbook, but I guess it will be only about listboxes, I haven't checked

BR,

Daniil

[Kinsbrunner]

Thanks d.m., on the cookbook says "Input fields must be defined without Search Help and Foreign Key Check.".

Based on this, not very sure whether adding an saerch help is feasible. In addition, as pointed out on the initial message, another document I got from this blog states that "because of the limited number of pushbuttons and the small screen size, no field help and no value input help is available".

So still not clear whether there is someone that could confirm its feasibility and some overall approach in order to research about it.

Thanks again and let me know if you have any additional advice.

[martinprokop]

Hi Alejandro,

exactly as Danil wrote, you are able to compose a list of values, which shows after pressing F8 with cursor on certain field. It is not a searchhelp in its definition, but works similarly. In short, it helps the user to search for possible entry value.

You are free to compose those list in method as Danil showed.

Good luck!

Martin