Regarding Search helps

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can any one tell me about Search help and types of search helps.

[Former Member]

Hi,

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/cf/21ee2b446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm">Search Help:</a> - The input help (F4 help) is a standard function of the R/3 System. The user can display the list of all possible input values for a screen field with the input help. The possible input values can be enhanced with further information. This is meaningful especially when the field requires the input of a formal key.

There are two types of search help:

<b>Elementary search helps</b> describe a search path. The elementary search help must define where the data of the hit list should be read from (selection method), how the exchange of values between the screen template and selection method is implemented (interface of the search help) and how the online input help should be defined (online behavior of the search help).

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/cf/21ee5f446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm">Creating Elementary Search Help</a>

<b>Collective search helps</b> combine several elementary search helps. A collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/cf/21ee86446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm">Creating Collective Search Help</a>

Standard Input Help Process:

A user calls an input help with the following steps (some steps can be omitted, depending on the definition of the input help):

The user starts the input help to display the possible input values for a field (search field) in a screen template.

The system offers the user a number of possible search paths. The user selects one of these search paths. Each search path offers a number of restrictions to limit the number of possible input values. These values are offered in a Dialog box for value restriction when the search path is selected.

The user enters restrictions if required and then starts the search.

The system determines the values that satisfy the entered restrictions (hits) and displays them as a list (hit list).

The user selects the most suitable line from the hit list by double-clicking.

The value of the search field is returned to the screen template (possibly together with other values).

Steps 2 and 3 are omitted if there is only a single search path available. In this case the dialog box for the value selection is offered immediately. You can also output the hit list directly after starting the input help. Steps 2 to 4 are omitted in this case.

This standard process can be completely defined by creating a search help in the ABAP Dictionary. This search help only has to be assigned to the screen fields in which they should be available (see Attaching Search Helps to Screen Fields).

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/c9/83eb02be4c11d1950200a0c929b3c3/content.htm">Example for Search Help</a>

http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/dictionary/shelp/shelp_imp.htm

Regards,

Srilatha.

[Former Member]

Hi,

There are basically 2 different important types of SH's.

1) Elementary

2) Collective [Group of elementary]

We can attach search helps in 4 different ways ...

Attach the search help to a data element

Attach the search help to a check table

Attach the search help to a table field

Attach the search help to a screen field

For more details - http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/cf/21ee2b446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm

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[RichHeilman]

Some light reading.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/cf/21ee2b446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm

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Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi

1) Elementary search helps describe a search path. The elementary search help must define where the data of the hit list should be read from (selection method), how the exchange of values between the screen template and selection method is implemented (interface of the search help) and how the online input help should be defined (online behavior of the search help).

2) Collective search helps combine several elementary search helps. A collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.

3)An elementary search help defines the standard flow of an input help.

4) A collective search help combines several elementary search helps. The user can thus choose one of several alternative search paths with a collective search help.

5)A collective search help comprises several elementary search helps. It combines all the search paths that are meaningful for a field.

6)Both elementary search helps and other search helps can be included in a collective search help. If other collective search helps are contained in a collective search help, they are expanded to the level of the elementary search helps when the input help is called.

CREATION:

Go to SE11 Tcode

select search help

give the 'z' search help name and create

select the selection method ur table name eg : 'mara'

dialog module 'display value immediately'.

add the field whatever u want and lpos = 1 and spos = 1 and check import and export parameter.

where left position when displaying and spos = search position

and then save and activate ..

See the links:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee38446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee45446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=3173469&messageID=2176485

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=3173469&messageID=3601619

pls go through this for search help creation

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/41/f6b237fec48c67e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm

Search Help Exits:

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Anji