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Procedure documentation Searching for Line Items  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can search for specific line items in the line item display. You have the following options for this:

You can search for specific line items by selecting one or more search criteria from the field list.

You can search for specific line items by selecting a specific value or a column heading in the line item display as a search criterion.

Procedure

Search using the field list

  1. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  2. Select the required search criteria and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Alternatively, you can display the technical field names in the field list. Choose Technical names.

Note

You can also add fields for the search in the field list. To add a field, choose Settings ® Customizing ® Field selection ® Find.

  1. Enter the values for the search criteria and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

If you specify more than one selection criterion, you can determine how they are logically linked to one another by choosing And ® Or. This means that you define whether the line items found have to fulfil both search criteria at the same time (logical link: And), or whether the line items found only have to satisfy one of the criteria specified (logical link: Or).

Example

As search criteria, you select Posting date and Amount, with the logical link And. Only those line items are displayed where the posting date and the amount are within the specified values.

Search using a displayed value

  1. Select a column heading or a specific value in the list and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  2. If you have selected a column heading as search criterion, enter the value and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Example

For example, you can search for line items in a specific time interval. Select the column Document date, and enter the required time interval.

If you want to search for line items with a specific date, select the required document date in the list.

Result

The system displays the line items in a list in list levels according to the criteria that you specified.

The system notes these list levels and you can display them from any line item display. For more information, see Displaying List Levels.