ABAP Development Object's Search in Eclipse

[hjoshi]

Hello Experts,

I have a few questions on the abap development search screen( ctrl+shift+a).

a) Is there a way to increase the search results on the search screen? It ends after 50( although it points out that there are more than 50 entries)

b) Is there any other way to look SAP provided data definitions ? On the search screen , I entered the filter , type: ddls and I can see only the first 50. This will help decide if we should create a new data definitions or use the existing one?

c) Some of the standard data definitions that I came across SEPM_P_EMP*/ SEMPRA_C_PO_EMP* /SEMPRA_I_EMP*, I /C/P do they mean anything ?

It will be great if you can help me find any release notes on it.

Best Wishes,

Hiran

[pokrakam · Accepted solution]

Oh... I just noticed the filter is absent from the object search result. How bizarre, I'd call this a real omission, maybe thomasfiedler could pass this on to the team?

• A Where-used search result can be filtered:

• A regular object search result can't:

With no object type in the search dialog either, it means there is no way to do a wider object type search like SE80 does. Could this be something simple to add?

Back to the original question, the way I usually work is via the where-used. So in your example if I want to find out if there is a DDLS for my purpose, I do a where-used on the table(s) of interest. There I can filter by DDLS (hint: for big searches you can apply the filter while the search is still running).

I just noticed your other question in a question: The letters stand for Interface, Consumption, Private, and there's also E for Extension. Interface = DB interface, Consumption = for service consumers i.e. Fiori Apps or whatever. Basically virtual Data/UI separation layers.

[hjoshi · Accepted solution]

Thanks alot for your input Mike.

[pokrakam]

Just use the regular search, Ctrl-H

[hjoshi]

Thanks Mike. This doesn't let me filter based on the type. Is there a way to search all the data definitions present in the system through Eclipse?

( I was able to get the ddls objects from TADIR table objkey : STOB )