Locator 

Use

The locator is a tool used in product maintenance to search for and select different types of products according to a combination of selection criteria. Products you wish to work on frequently can be stored in a worklist.

Features

The locator appears either as a full screen, allowing you to switch between full screen versions of the locator and work area, or on the left-hand side of the product maintenance screen with the work area on the right. It consists of two tab pages:

·        Worklist

·        Search

If you wish, you can reduce or increase the width of the locator by choosing (Narrower) or  (Wider).

• You can reduce the width of the locator directly to its minimum size by choosing  (Minimum) or increase the width of the locator directly to its maximum size by choosing  (Maximum).
• To increase your workspace, you can hide the locator altogether. To do so, choose  (Show/Hide Locator) or  (Close).
• You can set your defaults for working with the locator by choosing  (Settings).

The results of a search are shown in a hit list; the maximum number of hits is limited to 100. If you wish, you can:

·        Delete the selection criteria in all selection fields in the locator by choosing. To do so choose  (Delete Search Field Contents).

Multiple Selection

Multiple selection of products is possible on both the Search and Worklist tab pages in the locator:

·        All products can be selected between two particular products using SHIFT + mouse click.

·        Several individual products can be selected using CTRL + mouse click.

On the Search tab page, you can select several products at once and assign them to your worklist. On the Worklist tab page, you can select several products at once and delete them in one go.

Assignment of Products to Other Products

Products can be assigned to other products in product maintenance using the relationships functionality. By making multiple selections from within the locator, on either the Worklist or Search tab page, you can assign several products at once to a product in the work area.

To do this, select the relevant products within the hit list and choose  (Copy to Clipboard). Using the relationships functionality in the work area, you can then assign the selected products to the product you are working on by choosing  (Insert Products).

If you are using the SAP GUI for Windows, product relationships can also be created using Drag&Drop. Simply drag and drop one or more products onto another product to create a product relationship.

Activities

Using the Search Function in the Locator

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       1.      In the Find field, select a product type.

       2.      If you wish, enter a product ID or description. If you do not know the exact ID or description, you can carry out a generic search. If you do not know a particular character of a description, you can enter an underscore “_” instead. However, if the underscore is part of the search term, you need to precede it with a "#". (Example: A product description starts with “CH_” Enter the search term “CH#_”.

       3.      Select additional criteria in the By field to restrict your search.

       4.      Choose either Start or Enter to search for products meeting the selection criteria you specified.

A hit list, which is limited to 100 hits, is displayed that finds the search function in the database with the chosen selection condition. From here, you can display the product or copy it to your worklist by choosing  (Include in Worklist).