In this IMG activity , you can change the existing search helps for material master records and/or create new ones. However, be sure to read the information on how search helps are set up in the R/3 System, and the information on creating and maintaining search helps first. This information is contained in the R/3 library documentation BC ABAP Dictionary. Since a technical knowledge of the ABAP Dictionary is required to perform this task, search helps should be maintained only by your system administrator.
Note
Search helps are valid for all clients.
The following elementary search helps are assigned to the collective search help for the material number.
| Search help ID | Search method |
|---|---|
| A | Old material number |
| B | Bills of material |
| C | Materials transferred from a CAD system |
| E | Competitors (in the case of competitive products) |
| F | Material descriptions / groupings (for production |
| resources/tools) | |
| H | General product hierarchy (for materials created at |
| distribution chain level | |
| I | Vendor article numbers |
| K | Classes |
| L | Material groups |
| M | Material descriptions |
| N | International Article Numbers (EANs) |
| P | Product hierarchies |
| R | Standard task lists |
| S | Material descriptions (for materials created at |
| distribution chain level | |
| T | Material types |
| V | Supply areas |
| W | Material descriptions (for materials created at |
| plant level |