Input Help Personal Value List

[Former Member]

Hi everybody,

is it possible to create a Input Help Personal Value List for every transactions? On what dos it depend on?

Many thanks

Regards Mario

[michael_kozlowski]

Hi,

in general you can create a personal search help value list for each input field which is assigned to a search help.

Create a SEARCH_HELP_EXIT (Copy F4IF_SHLP_EXIT_EXAMPLE) with Code like this:

* enables personal values in search help

IF CALLCONTROL-STEP = 'PRESEL'.

  CALLCONTROL-PVALUES = SPACE.

ENDIF.

Only if SAP standard search help -> register object on OSS-Portal.

Assign SEARCH_HELP_EXIT to your SEARCH HELP.

User should now be able to create a personal value list for the particular search help.

[Juwin]

Value history is available in almost all SAP screens. How different would personal value list be from that?

Thanks,

Juwin

[michael_kozlowski]

Personal value list filters the distinct values of a search help according user specific needs.

Let's assume in your system have been set up 50 company codes. Each time when user presses F4 for search help without any filter 50 entries are shown up.

With personal value list the user can reduce the output of F4 search help to the values they really needed for the daily business. So if only 2 company codes are relevant for them they insert this 2 company codes in the personal value list and only this 2 entries are shown up.

[Juwin]

I understand that what you are saying, but from a implementation perspective, I think that would become a maintenance nightmare to set everyone's preferences inside SAP system. Unlike preferences, value history is stored on individual's desktops.

Thanks,

Juwin

[michael_kozlowski]

Hi,

personal value lists will be created and maintainted by users itself. The personal values are persistent stored in table DDSHPVAL50 - and therefore not dependent of individual's desktops .

Developer only have to implement the SEARCH HELP EXIT and each user can decide to use this feature or doesn't use it.

[Juwin]

Thanks, didn't know about DDSHPVAL50.