Suppressing Pattern Search for Attributes

Use

You can suppress the pattern search for attributes. Follow the procedure below:

Procedure

Remove the two operators starts_with and contains from the expanded menu.

If the application sets parameter SUPPRESS_PATTERN_SEARCH = ABAP_TRUE for an attribute, the following features are activated:

• If a user uses one of the attributes IS/IS_NOT or EQUAL/DOES_NOT_EQUAL together with the wild card symbol asterisk (*), the user receives a warning that pattern search is not possible for this attribute.

• Interface methods IF_WD_SELECT_OPTIONS_20~CONVERT_DATA_INTO_RANGES and IF_WD_SELECT_OPTIONS_20~GET_INPUT_COMPLETE_AS_RANGE return the range for these attributes with the option EQ/NE and the wild card symbol ( *).