The hot key is used to select the elementary search help from the collective search help and to enter the restrictions in the dialog box for restricting values directly from the entry field. If the user often searches for values using the same search help, this procedure can save time.

The hot key is available only if for the relevant screen field there is an entry in the Screen Painter in the Search help attribute, that is, if this attribute is not initial. Two types of entries are possible:

The short cut must be entered in the input field according to the following convention:

S1, S2, S3, etc. are the restrictions that would be entered in the corresponding dialog box in this order. Each entry is interpreted generically.

If the elementary search help stored as standard search help is to be used, the hot key need not be specified. If S1 contains more than one character, the first separator ‘.’ can also be omitted.

If the hot key is defined without restrictions ( =<Hot key> ), the dialog box for restricting values is called. If restrictions are defined, the dialog box for restricting values is skipped and the hit list is displayed immediately. If exactly one hit is found, the hit list is not displayed. The values of the hits found are immediately returned to the screen template in this case.