Select Options

By integrating the Select Options component (WD_SELECT_OPTIONS_20) into your Web Dynpro ABAP (WDA) component you can display selection criteria for searching in data sets. The previous Select Options component is now obsolete.

Interface Layout

The user interface contains different static elements that can be adapted by the calling application (for example, Set Visible/Invisible).

The user interface consists of a maximum of four columns:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Dropdown menu with various attributes

Dropdown menu with various operators

Value assignments;

Selection of values either from a dropdown menu, with F4 help or through direct input.

Plus or minus buttons for creating and deleting lines

The following user interface elements can be displayed.

  • Lines that contain various Attributes depending on their initial definition.

  • Title Search Criteria

  • Buttons Search, Delete, Reset

  • Hiding Search Criteria

  • Maximum Number of Search Results

  • Drop-Down Menu of saved searches, load a saved search, and delete a search

Procedure

  1. Add the Select Options component (WD_SELECT_OPTIONS_20) to your Web Dynpro ABAP (WDA) component.

    For more information, see Embedding Select Options.

  2. Define the layout of the Select Options.

    For more information about this procedure, see Defining the Layout of Select Options.

  3. Specify which attributes you want to display.

    For more information, see Specifying Attributes for the Selection.

  4. You can define other optional settings.

More Information

For information about the different parts of the Select Options component, see Architecture of the Select Options.

For information about the attribute types supported by the Select Options component, see Attribute Types of Select Options.

For information about the order in which Select Option attributes are displayed, see Output Order of Atttributes.

Some attribute types have special properties or require special handling.

For more information, see Properties and Handling of Specific Attribute and Field Types.

The consistency of attributes is checked. If the check fails, an error message appears. For more information, see Exceptions and Error Messages .