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Procedure documentationAssigning Value Helps

 

You can use the design layer to assign value helps that already exist in the ABAP Dictionary, without any specific development effort.

Note Note

For more information about using a design object to enable a value help from the ABAP Dictionary or to define the field type, see SAP Note 1242566.

End of the note.

Procedure

Creating a Design Object

  1. In Customizing for UI Framework, choose Start of the navigation path UI Framework Definition Next navigation step Design Layer Next navigation step Define Design Object End of the navigation path.

  2. Create a design object by clicking New Entries.

  3. Enter the details of the design object and save your entries.

  4. Choose Design.

  5. Click New Entries.

  6. Select the checkbox Value help from ABAP Dictionary.

  7. Choose one of the following field types:

    • Input field, if a search help or check table is defined in the ABAP Dictionary

    • Dropdown List Box, if fixed domain values are defined in the ABAP Dictionary

Assigning the Design Object to the Views

  1. Start transaction BSP_WD_CMPWB for the BSP Component Workbench.

  2. Assign the design object to the views in which you want to use it.

More Information

Design Layer Customizing