Object Selection Using a Selection Method

Use

Selection methods enable you to select a specific set of objects, such as students, programs or modules, in a Student Lifecycle Management application.

Selection methods are used in program type progression, mass de-registration, or when defining subrequirements. For information on the selection methods for these applications, see:

Integration

You must assign the selection methods you want to use in a specific Student Lifecycle Management application to an application-specific selection method group in Customizing (see Prerequisites ). In this way, you can easily integrate the selection methods you have implemented in a specific application.

The standard system contains the following selection method groups:

Application

Selection Method Group

Program type progression

PRGR

Mass de-registration

DER1

Subrequirements

AUDS

Every selection method contains one or more selection variants. You can use a selection variant to fill the required parameters of a selection method from the application, and thus select a specific set of objects.

Example Example

A selection method for program type progression may contain a hold parameter. With the selection variant, you can specify the actual hold.

End of the example.

Every selection method is assigned an object type in Customizing. The assigned object type defines the type of objects returned by the associated selection methods. A selection method appears as a possible entry in a selection method group only if the selection method supports the object type assigned to the selection method group.

Prerequisites

You make the settings you require for selection methods in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management in the section Start of the navigation path Student Lifecycle Management Processes Next navigation step General Settings Next navigation step Selection Methods End of the navigation path :

  • You must assign the required selection methods to the respective selection method group so that they can be used in the application. You make this setting in the IMG activity Assign Selection Methods to Selection Method Groups .

  • You can implement additional selection methods using business add-inHRPIQ00SELMETHOD (IMG activity BAdI: Selection Methods ).

  • In Customizing, you will also find example source code which you can use to integrate selection methods in a customer-specific program.