Attaching to Table Fields 

The search help is offered in all the screen fields where the table field appears. The search help parameters and the fields of the table or structure must be allocated to one other in this type of attachment.

Not all the parameters of the search help have to be assigned to a table field. You can leave the assignment open. A constant or any other field that is searched for in the module pool when the input help is called can also be assigned to a search help parameter.

The search help STRAVELAG_NAME permits you to search for the number of a travel agency using supplementary information about the agency (name, city, country). This search help should be provided for the field AGENCYNUM (number of the travel agency) in all the screen templates. The search help is therefore directly attached to the field AGENCYNUM of table STRAVELAG. All the parameters of the search help can be allocated to corresponding table fields.

There is a value transport (see Value Transport for Input Helps) between the field contents of the input template and the parameters of the search help both when the input help is called in an input template and when an entry of the hit list is selected.

The search help attachment is part of the definition of the table/structure to which the search help is attached. You can find out how to attach a search help to a table field in Creating Fields of Tables.