Search Help Creation

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I will be grateful if some one could give some examples or some idea on below requirement.

In Materail Master, require a long text field which is neary300 characters to store material description.Instead of creating new field,I found a field called Basic data text which caters this need, but this field is not searchable like normal material description field, but I want it to be searchable.So I want to attach a search help to this 'Basic data text' field. How can I do it?

Any detailed explanation will really be appreciated!

Thanks

Haritha

[Former Member]

Hi

We never uses search helps for such type of LONG TEXT fields

When a material have so many other fields to search why you requires that Long Text field for this? that Long text field may be upto some pages also which we can retrive using READ_TEXT fun module

So It is not a advisable thing to use the search help for that field

If you want see the doc on search help creation and do

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

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Regards

Anji

[Former Member]

Hi Anji reddy,

Thanks for answering my question.

You have told that there are other fields in material to cater this requirement, instead of 'basic data text' field. Can you please name one field which suits my requirement(Searchable long text field of min size 300 char), so that I can go for it instead of creating search help.

Any best alternative will be appreciated.

Thanks

Haritha