Creating Collective Search Helps

Proceed as follows to create a collective search help:

  1. In the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, enter the name of the search help, select object class Search helps and choose Create.

    2. A dialog box appears in which you must select the type of search help.

  2. Select Collective search help and choose Continue.

    3. The maintenance screen for collective search helps is displayed.

  3. Enter a short explanatory text in the field Short text.
  4. Enter the parameters of the collective search help.

    5. Set the Imp flag if it is an import parameter and the Exp flag if it is an export parameter.

    Enter the name of the data element which describes the contents of the search help parameter in the Data element field. In the Default value field you can assign the parameter a default value which is used if the parameter is not explicitly assigned another value when it is linked to a field.

  5. If the standard F4 input process defined by the search help has to be changed, you can enter a Search Help Exit.
  6. Select Search helps to include other search helps in the collective search help.

    7. An input mask appears. Enter the names of the search helps which you want to include in the field Search help. If you do not want to offer one of the included search helps, you must set the Hidden flag. Save your entries.

  7. Position the cursor on an assigned search help and choose Parameter assignment.

    8. In the next screen, enter the parameter names of the elementary search helps to which the corresponding parameters of the collective search help should be assigned in the field Reference parameter.

  8. Save your entries. A dialog box appears in which you must assign a development class to the search help.
  9. Activate the collective search help.

You can find information about the activation process in the activation log. You can call the activation log with Utilities ® Act.Log. If errors occurred when activating the collective search help, you automatically branch to the activation log.

See also:

Structure of a Collective Search Help

Linking a Search Help with a Screen Field