Attaching to Check Tables 

If a field has a check table, the set of all possible entries to the field is defined by the contents of this check table (see Foreign Keys). The contents of the key fields of the check table are therefore offered automatically in the input help. If a text table is defined for the check table, the contents of the first text field of this text table is also displayed in the user’s logon language.

This input help coming from the check table can be further edited by assigning a search help to the check table. The assigned search help can then be used by all screen fields that are checked against the table.

If a search help is attached to a check table, it should display the data contained in this check table. In this case, the check table itself or a view on this check table must be given as the selection method of the search help.

When a search help is assigned to a check table, there must be an assignment between the key fields of the check table and the parameters of the search help. If an export parameter of the search help is assigned to a key field of the check table, the contents of this parameter are returned to the corresponding screen field as soon as the user has selected a line of the hit list in the input help. If an import parameter of the search help is assigned to a key field of the check table, the field contents are used for the value selection (see Value Transport for the Input Help).

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 in Creating Tables.