Search Help for vendor

[Former Member]

I need to create a search help for vendor. I mean if i press F4, it should display vendor code along with name . Can anybody help me to create a search help and to assign it to vendor code.

Thanks in advance..

[Former Member]

If this is a report program, then declaring that parameter or select-option <b>LIKE lfa1-lifnr</b>, will automatically get you a search help.

If none of the search helps are useful, then you can create a search help in SE11. If you have any issues , such as Search Help not being displayed, let us know.

For step-by-step procedure, refer

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/4f/991f82446d11d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm

Regards,

Subramanian V.

[Former Member]

Thank you for the information u have given . Now please tell me whether there is any option to filter the data that gets displayed in search help. I need only vendors like 'S*' . Can we put this codition in the program itself, so that it will be easy for the user ..

[Former Member]

i mean condition ..

[Former Member]

In this case, I presume, you are creating your own search help. If you are creating your own search help, then you can default certain values. There is a column called "Default Value"(the last column in the table control shown below).

Regards,

Subramanian V.

[Former Member]

Sorry i didn't get u . Can u pls explain me in detail . I haven't created any customized search help till now. Can u help me ?

[athavanraja]

You need to call the following function on value help of your field.

  call function 'F4IF_FIELD_VALUE_REQUEST'
    exporting
      tabname                   = 'LFA1'
      fieldname                 = 'LIFNR'
      searchhelp                = 'KRED'
      dynpprog                  = <your program name from where you are calling this function>
      dynpnr                    = <your program screen number>
      dynprofield               = '<screen field name>'
      value                     = 'S*'

  if sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
  endif.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Raja

[Former Member]

How to create search help:

1.se11

2.give a searchhelp name

3.press create

4.choose elementary search help

5.Enter lfa1 in search method

6.In parameter line enter the values below:

first line:

- Search help parameter: lifnr

- IMP: X

- EXP: X

- Lpos: 1

- Spos: 1

- Data Element: lifnr

- Default value: EMPTY

Second line

- Search help parameter: name1

- IMP: EMPTY

- EXP: EMPTY

- Lpos: 2

- Spos: 2

- Data Element: NAME1_GP

- Default value: 'S*'