Remove Vendor List from drop down

[former_member114630]

We do not use sources of supply and would like to remove "Vendor List" from the drop down menu when users are selecting a preferred vendor. Normally, once a user selects "Vendor", it will keep that as their default unless something changes in the system (SP upgrades, user changes, etc.). When they use "vendor list", the vendor is not found. To minimize user confusion, we only want users to search by vendor. How do we go about removing "vendor list"? We are on SRM 4.0, classic scenario.

Monique Stephens

[Former Member]

Hi

<b>Please go through these pointers and links, which will definitely help -></b>

<u>Try the following function module - <b>BBP_PD_AVL_DB_DELETE</b></u>

Regards

- Atul

[former_member114630]

I had already looked at the links you sent me. But, those were talking about deleting a vendor list. I have not created a vendor list. We do not use that functionality. I want to remove the option of having users search by "vendor list" instead of by "vendor".

[Former Member]

Hi

<b>There can be couple of ways to do this -></b>

1) Make the search results display nothing, using BADIs..

( using BBP_F4_READ_ON_EXIT BADI or any other relevant BADIs)

2) Hide the field for specific users in the Web page (using HTML Template Modification or creating Screen Variants)

3) or attach an authorization object in order to not display any result in search

and attach the authorization object to the user's profile (take help of BASIS Team).

Hope this will help.

Regards

- Atul

[former_member114630]

What I want to do would affect all users. This is what needs to happen: in the preferred vendor field, there is a drop down feature. The user can search by either vendor list or vendor. I want to remove the ability to search by vendor list because no results will come up. How do I go about removing the option to search by vendor list in the drop down?

[Former Member]

Hi

We have done the same long time back, using BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI...

Let me know incase you need amore details.

Regards

- Atul

[former_member114630]

Our programmer was able to remove vendor list from the drop down. But, it was not with the BADI suggested.

He removed the search help BBP_BUPA_AVL (For Vendor List) from Collective Search Help BP_BUPA_SOURCE_OF_SUPPLY.