Additional Options for Selection Criteria

Besides the special additions, there are a number of other additions that you can use with the SELECT-OPTIONS statement and that have the same syntax and the same function as for the PARAMETERS statement.

• SPA/GPA parameters as default values:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... MEMORY-ID pid ...

• Upper and lower case for selection criteria:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... LOWER CASE ...

• Reducing the visible length:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... VISIBLE LENGTH len ...

• To make the From field a required field on the selection screen use:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... OBLIGATORY ...

• Link to search helps:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... MATCHCODE OBJECT ...

• To hide input fields on the selection screen, use:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... NO DISPLAY ...

• To modify input fields on the selection screen, use:

  SELECT-OPTIONS selcrit FOR f ... MODIF ID key ...