How to perform Boolean Search?

Hi-
I have an indexed folder on my hard drive that I frequently search using Acrobat 9 (standard). I am able to use it for single-word searches only and I want to be able to input more intricate searches as Acrobat teases me that are possible. I understand boolean principles but I am unable to apply it in my searches-nothing works!. Can someone who is knowlegable about this aspect of Acrobat please give me a good reference specifically for Acrobat searches (not general boolean searches) for advanced index searches, and also as an example, how would I input the following search: I want to find the words"Material" AND "Disposition" separated by no more than 50 characters.
Thank you very much in advance.
-Ben

For the specific example:
Open Advanced Search (Edit->Advanced Search)
Click "Show more options" at the bottom of the dialog
In the advanced UI, select the folder where your files are
In results containing, select match all words
In the options, select Proximity
The default for Proximity searches in 900 words. You can change that in Edit>Preferences>Search>Range of words for proximity searches.

Similar Messages

How to - NOT boolean search

hi,
I'm trying to do a search on something like
a and b and NOT c
I can handle the 'and' but not sure how I should be specifying the 'NOT'.
here's a sample query:
select firstcol, secondcol
from mytable
where contains (description,'oracle within title and larry within body and NOT peoplesoft within summary')>1
It throws and error because NOT is a reserved word.
ORA-29902: error in executing ODCIIndexStart() routine
ORA-20000: Oracle Text error:
DRG-50901: text query parser syntax error on line 1, column 125
I can rewrite the query to use another CONTAINS:
select firstcol, secondcol
from mytable
where contains (description,'oracle within title and larry within body')>1 and NOT contains(description, 'peoplesoft within summary')>1;
but I'm trying to avoid that if I can specify everything in one CONTAIN clause.
Anyone?
Thanks.
susan

contains (description,'((oracle within title) and (larry within body)) NOT (peoplesoft within summary)')>

I perform a search, get results, find the message I was after. How do I locate this message within my (relatively) complex folder and subfolder structure?

Hi,
I use structured subfolder system to keep my emails organized (hundreds and hundreds of folders).
When I perform a search, get a list of results and within this list I find the email I was after, HOW do I locate the message? In other words, how can I open the folder which contains that particular email?
Thank you in advance for your time and effort.

Not a perfect solution but maybe a workaround.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8222645_folder-thunderbird.html

How to perform a classic Mac OS search in Tiger

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
For testing I created these files
For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
Here is the list of files:
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
Here is the list of files again:
.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
bash-copy/
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-folder__green/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
{color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
*Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
*Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
{color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
*Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
*Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
*You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup-inside-bash.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
Here is what I did:
I installed the spotless application.
http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
Limitations:
Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
Using the special features nulls out the search.
The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
Related tips:
• More hints by Baltwo
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
•Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
• FindAnyFile
"Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
• Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
mac $
• You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
man find
man grep
for cryptic details.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
• findfile
"Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
Here is where to find: findfile.
http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
Robert
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on July 31,2009 by rccharles.
Do you want to provide feedback on this User Contributed Tip or contribute your own? If you have achieved Level 2 status, visit the User Tips Library Contributions forum for more information.

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In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
For testing I created these files
For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
Here is the list of files:
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
Here is the list of files again:
.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
bash-copy/
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-folder__green/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
{color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
*Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
*Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
{color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
*Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
*Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
*You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup-inside-bash.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
Here is what I did:
I installed the spotless application.
http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
Limitations:
Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
Using the special features nulls out the search.
The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
Related tips:
• More hints by Baltwo
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
•Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
• FindAnyFile
"Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
• Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
mac $
• You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
man find
man grep
for cryptic details.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
• findfile
"Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
Here is where to find: findfile.
http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
Robert
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on July 31,2009 by rccharles.
Do you want to provide feedback on this User Contributed Tip or contribute your own? If you have achieved Level 2 status, visit the User Tips Library Contributions forum for more information.

How can i perform a search on my external hard drive on my mac pro os x 10.9.2 ?

how can i perform a search on my external hard drive on my mac pro os x 10.9.2 ?

Mac OS X 10.9.2 is 12 years newer than 9.2.x. You need to make sure that Spotlight has indexed the external hard drive by adding it and removing it from Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Privacy. Check the menu for it:
to determine if indexing is still going on, as it will say indexing.
Alternatively, you can use a non-Spotlight tool, such as:
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware/ - EasyFind
http://www.osxbytes.com/ - iFileX (note the MacUpdate link provided on osxbytes page has a Malware advertisement for MacKeeper, do not download).
http://www.barebones.com/ Textwrangler has a Search file for content, which works on any Text file.

Boolean Search problem with the "&" character

I need to perform a Boolean search and include names such as "John Wiley & Sons", "R & D", for example, that have the "&" character in it. The problem is that Acrobat considers the character "&" as an "AND". I have tried to use "\&" but it didn't work. Does someone know if it is possible to consider "&" as a character, instead of a logical operator, in a Boolean search, and if yes, how?

I've already done it.
Do you think this will help?
I doubt that Apple will listen to us. Users with a problem that occurs quite a lot.

The google feeling lucky app from the address bar is not working, a program called vshare performs a search instead and I am unable to restore the original function. please help

I do not know how but vshare, has been performing a search everytime I type something in the address bar that is not a complete website i.e. facebook instead of facebook.com
this is very annoying and I am unable to uninstall vshare, I have even tried uninstalling firefox and reinstalling it

I had this problem too, and just fixed it, and found a great website that helped.
1. In Firefox type about:config in the address bar and press ENTER.
2. Locate and double-click the entry for keyword.URL
3. Set the value based on which search provider you would like to use for your address bar searches. Here are a few search strings you can use.
Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q=
Google: http://www.google.com/search?&q=
ChaCha: http://search.chacha.com/search/query?searchwithguide=0&query=
source: http://www.technipages.com/firefox-change-address-bar-search-provider.html
And if you want the I'm Feeling Lucky search, instead of just the Google page search, then put:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
instead of: http://www.google.com/search?&q=
I just did that, and it worked for me. I had to go through a bunch of the different options, but I found one that worked.
Source: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=25cf5ea2bc5a2744&hl=en

How to perform Error Handling in this Bdc Code

Hi,
I had created this BDC for the tcode MB1B and i want to know how to perform the ERROR HANDLING in it ..
Plzz provide me guidelines for doing it . here's d code:-
report ZBDC_MB1B
       no standard page heading line-size 255.
include bdcrecx1.
data: begin of record OCCURS 0,
      WERKS_001(004),     "Plant
      MATNR_002(018),     "ItemId
      ERFMG_003(013),     "Quantity in Unit of Entry
      ERFME_004(003),     "Unit of Entry
      LGORT_005(004),     "Storage Location
      CHARG_006(010),     "BatchId
      KDAUF_007(010),     "Sales Order Number
      KDPOS_008(006),     "Item Number in Sales Order
      end of record.
PARAMETERS : P_FILNAM LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
initialization.
CTUMODE = 'A'.
CUPDATE = 'A'.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_FILNAM.
CALL FUNCTION 'WS_FILENAME_GET'
   EXPORTING
     MASK                   = ',. '
     MODE                   = 'O'
     IMPORTING
     FILENAME                 = P_FILNAM
   EXCEPTIONS
     INV_WINSYS             = 1
     NO_BATCH               = 2
     SELECTION_CANCEL       = 3
     SELECTION_ERROR        = 4
     OTHERS                 = 5
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
        MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
start-of-selection.
CALL FUNCTION 'WS_UPLOAD'
   EXPORTING
     FILENAME                      = P_FILNAM
     FILETYPE                      = 'DAT'
    TABLES
      DATA_TAB                     = RECORD
   EXCEPTIONS
     CONVERSION_ERROR              = 1
     FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 2
     FILE_READ_ERROR               = 3
     INVALID_TYPE                  = 4
     NO_BATCH                      = 5
     UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 6
     INVALID_TABLE_WIDTH           = 7
     GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 8
     CUSTOMER_ERROR                = 9
     NO_AUTHORITY                  = 10
     OTHERS                        = 11
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT RECORD.
BEGIN OF SCREEN 1
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPMM07M' '0400'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                              'RM07M-SOBKZ'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                              '/00'.
*perform bdc_field       using 'MKPF-BLDAT'
                             '22.12.2008'.
*perform bdc_field       using 'MKPF-BUDAT'
                             '22.12.2008'.
perform bdc_field       using 'RM07M-BWARTWA'
                              '411'.
perform bdc_field       using 'RM07M-SOBKZ'
                              'E'.
perform bdc_field       using 'RM07M-WERKS'
                              RECORD-WERKS_001.             "Plant
perform bdc_field       using 'XFULL'
                              'X'.
perform bdc_field       using 'RM07M-WVERS2'
                              'X'.
BEGIN OF SCREEN 2
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPMM07M' '0421'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                              'MSEG-CHARG(01)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                              '/00'.
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEG-MATNR(01)'
                              RECORD-MATNR_002.             "ITEMID
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEG-ERFMG(01)'
                              RECORD-ERFMG_003.             "QTY.
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEG-ERFME(01)'
                              RECORD-ERFME_004.             "UOM
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEG-LGORT(01)'
                              RECORD-LGORT_005.             "ST.LOC
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEG-CHARG(01)'
                              RECORD-CHARG_006.             "BATCHID
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEGK-MAT_KDAUF'
                              RECORD-KDAUF_007.             "S.O.
perform bdc_field       using 'MSEGK-MAT_KDPOS'
                              RECORD-KDPOS_008.             "S.O.LINE ITEM
perform bdc_field       using 'DKACB-FMORE'
                              'X'.
BEGIN OF SCREEN 3
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPLKACB' '0002'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                              '=ENTE'.
perform bdc_field       using 'DKACB-FMORE'
                              'X'.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPLKACB' '0002'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                              '=ENTE'.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPMM07M' '0421'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                              'MSEG-ERFMG(01)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                              '=BU'.
perform bdc_field       using 'DKACB-FMORE'
                              'X'.
BEGIN OF SCREEN 4
perform bdc_dynpro      using   'SAPLKACB' '0002'.
perform bdc_field       using      'BDC_OKCODE'
                                            '=ENTE'.
perform bdc_transaction using 'MB1B'.
ENDLOOP.

hi,
check this code in bold letters.
INCLUDE BDCRECX1.
TABLES : MARC.
TYPES : BEGIN OF TY_UPLOAD,
        MATNR TYPE MARA-MATNR,
        WERKS TYPE MARC-WERKS,
        STEUC TYPE MARC-STEUC,
        END OF TY_UPLOAD.
TYPES : BEGIN OF TY_MARC,
        MATNR TYPE MARA-MATNR,
        WERKS TYPE MARC-WERKS,
        END OF TY_MARC.
TYPES : BEGIN OF TY_MTART,
        MATNR TYPE MARA-MATNR,
        MTART TYPE MARA-MTART,
        END OF TY_MTART.
DATA : T_MARC TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_MARC,
     : T_UPLOAD TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_UPLOAD,
     : T_BASIC TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_UPLOAD,
     : T_SALES TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_UPLOAD,
     : T_ERROR TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_UPLOAD.
DATA : IT_BDCDATA LIKE BDCDATA OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IT_BDCDATA_VIEW LIKE BDCDATA OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IT_DATA(3200) OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IT_FIELD(3200) OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IT_BDCMSG TYPE BDCMSGCOLL OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA GI_MSG LIKE BDCMSGCOLL OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA : CHAR1(500),
      CHAR2(500),
      CHAR3 TYPE STRING,
      V_SELECTION TYPE STRING. " For View Selection
DATA : W_MARC TYPE TY_MARC,
       WA_UPLOAD TYPE TY_UPLOAD,
       WA_BASIC TYPE TY_UPLOAD,
       WA_SALES TYPE TY_UPLOAD,
       WA_ERROR TYPE TY_UPLOAD,
       WA_MTART TYPE TY_MTART.
DATA : VAR TYPE N,
       VAR1 TYPE STRING.
SELECTION-SCREEN : BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.   "SELECTION SCREEN
PARAMETERS: P_FNAM LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
PARAMETERS: P_BAS LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
PARAMETERS: P_SAL LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
PARAMETERS: P_ERR LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
SELECTION-SCREEN : END OF BLOCK B1.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_FNAM.
PERFORM SEARCH USING P_FNAM.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_BAS.
PERFORM SEARCH USING P_BAS.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_SAL.
PERFORM SEARCH USING P_SAL.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_ERR.
PERFORM SEARCH USING P_ERR.
*&      Form SEARCH
      text
     -->PFNAME     text
FORM SEARCH USING PFNAME.
CALL FUNCTION 'KD_GET_FILENAME_ON_F4'
    EXPORTING
      STATIC    = 'X'
    CHANGING
      FILE_NAME = PFNAME.
ENDFORM.                    "SEARCH
START-OF-SELECTION.
PERFORM UPLOAD_PROCESS USING P_FNAM.
PERFORM OPEN_GROUP.
PERFORM PROCESS.
PERFORM CLOSE_GROUP.
IF NOT T_BASIC[] IS INITIAL.
    PERFORM DOWNLOAD TABLES T_BASIC[] USING P_BAS .
ENDIF.
IF NOT T_SALES[] IS INITIAL.
    PERFORM DOWNLOAD TABLES T_SALES[] USING P_SAL .
ENDIF.
IF NOT T_ERROR[] IS INITIAL.
    PERFORM DOWNLOAD TABLES T_ERROR[] USING P_ERR.
ENDIF.
*&      Form PROCESS
      text
FORM PROCESS.
LOOP AT T_UPLOAD INTO WA_UPLOAD.
    PERFORM CONV_ROUTINE USING WA_UPLOAD-MATNR
                        CHANGING WA_UPLOAD-MATNR.
    SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MARA WHERE MATNR = WA_UPLOAD-MATNR.
    IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
      MOVE-CORRESPONDING WA_UPLOAD TO WA_BASIC.
      APPEND WA_BASIC TO T_BASIC.
      CLEAR WA_BASIC.
      CONTINUE.
    ENDIF.
    SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MARC WHERE MATNR = WA_UPLOAD-MATNR
                                    AND WERKS = WA_UPLOAD-WERKS
                                    AND PSTAT LIKE '%V%'.
    IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
      MOVE-CORRESPONDING WA_UPLOAD TO WA_SALES.
      APPEND WA_SALES TO T_SALES.
      CLEAR WA_SALES.
      CONTINUE.
    ENDIF.
    CLEAR : WA_MTART.
    SELECT SINGLE MATNR MTART FROM MARA INTO WA_MTART WHERE MATNR = WA_UPLOAD-MATNR.
    PERFORM BDC_DYNPRO      USING 'SAPLMGMM' '0060'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'RMMG1-MATNR'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=AUSW'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'RMMG1-MATNR'
                                  WA_UPLOAD-MATNR.
    CALL FUNCTION 'MATERIAL_BTCI_SELECTION_NEW'     " Function module
    EXPORTING
      MATERIAL                  = WA_UPLOAD-MATNR " Material number
      MATERIALART               = WA_MTART-MTART          " Material Type
      SELECTION                 = 'V'              "
      TCODE                     = 'MM02'           " Tcode where view's are called.
    TABLES
      BTCI_D0070                = IT_BDCDATA_VIEW
    EXCEPTIONS
      MATERIAL_NOT_FOUND        = 1
      MATERIAL_NUMBER_MISSING   = 2
      MATERIAL_TYPE_MISSING     = 3
      MATERIAL_TYPE_NOT_FOUND   = 4
      NO_ACTIVE_DYNPRO_SELECTED = 5
      NO_AUTHORITY              = 6
      OTHERS                    = 7.
    READ TABLE IT_BDCDATA_VIEW WITH KEY FVAL = 'X'.
    IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
      V_SELECTION = IT_BDCDATA_VIEW-FNAM.
    ELSE.
      CONTINUE.
    ENDIF.
    VAR = IT_BDCDATA_VIEW-FNAM+17(2).
    VAR = VAR + 3.
    CONCATENATE 'MSICHTAUSW-KZSEL(' '0' VAR ')' INTO VAR1.
    PERFORM BDC_DYNPRO      USING 'SAPLMGMM' '0070'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'MSICHTAUSW-DYTXT(06)'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=ENTR'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING VAR1
                                   'X'.
    CLEAR VAR.
    CLEAR VAR1.
   PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'MSICHTAUSW-KZSEL(06)'
                                 'X'.
    PERFORM BDC_DYNPRO      USING 'SAPLMGMM' '0080'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'RMMG1-VKORG'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=ENTR'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'RMMG1-WERKS'
                                  WA_UPLOAD-WERKS.
    PERFORM BDC_DYNPRO      USING 'SAPLMGMM' '4004'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=BU'.
   PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'MAKT-MAKTX'
                                 'MTI_ESE_HALB_01'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'MARC-STEUC'
                                  WA_UPLOAD-STEUC.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'MARC-HERKR'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'MARC-HERKL'
                                  'IN'.
    PERFORM BDC_FIELD       USING 'MARC-HERKR'
                                  'MAH'.
    PERFORM BDC_TRANSACTION USING 'MM02'.
move the error record into seperate internal table nad down load it ****
    IF MESSTAB-MSGTYP = 'E'.
      MOVE-CORRESPONDING WA_UPLOAD TO WA_ERROR.
      APPEND WA_ERROR TO T_ERROR.
      CLEAR WA_ERROR.
    ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                    "PROCESS
*&      Form UPLOAD_PROCESS
      text
     -->PFNAME     text
FORM UPLOAD_PROCESS USING PFNAME.
DATA : PFNAME1 TYPE STRING.
PFNAME1 = PFNAME.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      FILENAME            = PFNAME1
      FILETYPE            = 'ASC'
      HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR = 'X'
    TABLES
      DATA_TAB            = T_UPLOAD[].
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    "UPLOAD_PROCESS
*&      Form CONV_ROUTINE
      text
     -->P_INPUT    text
     -->P_OUTPUT   text
FORM CONV_ROUTINE   USING    P_INPUT
                 CHANGING P_OUTPUT.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT'
    EXPORTING
      INPUT = P_INPUT
    IMPORTING
      OUTPUT = P_OUTPUT.
ENDFORM.                    "CONV_ROUTINE
*&      Form DOWNLOAD
      text
     -->GI_FINAL   text
     -->PFNAME     text
FORM DOWNLOAD TABLES
              GI_FINAL
                     USING PFNAME .
DATA : FNAME TYPE STRING.
FNAME = PFNAME.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      FILENAME                        = FNAME
      FILETYPE                        = 'DAT'
     WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'x'
        HEADER                          = '00'
      IMPORTING
        FILELENGTH                      =
    TABLES
      DATA_TAB                        = GI_FINAL[]
      FIELDNAMES                      = GI_FIELDNAMES[]
IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
    MESSAGE 'FILE DOWNLOADED SUCCESSFULLY' TYPE 'I'.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " DOWNLOAD
Regards
Siva Prasad

Enabling Spotlight Web Search - Multiple Search Terms and Boolean Searches

Hello there,
I'm trying to incorporate a spotlight web search into my website as per these articles:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=ServerAdmin/10.5/en/c3ws21.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23537?viewlocale=en_US
What I'm finding is that the search page provided by using template.spotlight file does not give search results when more that one search term is entered. Additionally, boolean terms (AND, OR, NOT) do not appear to work.
I've tried to edit the template.spotlight file but I'm not sure what to add in order to provide this functionality which is otherwise present in spotlight searches within Mac OS. Has anyone else used the spotlight web search feature for their websites and had success with multiple search terms / boolean searches? Could someone please advise on how to edit template.spotlight to provide these search features?
Thanks in advance,
Leon G

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Complex request with range filter and boolean search

Hi
I need a build and maintain complex requests to Oracle Endeca Server. These requests could include different types of attributes: string, datetime, int.
For string attributes I have created a search interface and use boolean search. For datetime attributes I use a range filter. Separately it works as I expected, but it fails with combined search with range filter and boolean search in a single request. As I see from results range filter is completely ignored. What could be wrong with following request?
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<S:Body>
<ns3:Request xmlns:ns2="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/lql_parser/types" xmlns:ns3="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/1/0">
<ns3:State/>
<ns3:Operator xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:RecordFilterOperator">
<ns3:RecordFilter Name="OnlyData">AND(NOT(mdex-property_Key),NOT(mdex-dimension_Key),NOT(mdex-config_Key),NOT(mdex-precedenceRule_Key),NOT(system-group_Key),NOT(system-group-membership_Key))</ns3:RecordFilter>
</ns3:Operator>
<ns3:Operator xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:SortOperator" Direction="Descending" Key="string_prop" OwnerId="Records"/>
<ns3:Operator xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:RangeFilterOperator">
<ns3:RangeFilter AttributeName="dateTime_prop">
<ns3:LowerBound Inclusive="true">2012-07-24T19:47:01Z</ns3:LowerBound>
</ns3:RangeFilter>
</ns3:Operator>
<ns3:Operator xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:SearchOperator">
<ns3:SearchFilter SnippetLength="20" EnableSnippeting="true" Mode="Boolean" Key="orderSearch">multiple_prop : one</ns3:SearchFilter>
</ns3:Operator>
<ns3:ContentElementConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:RecordListConfig" HandlerFunction="RecordListHandler" HandlerNamespace="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/1/0" Id="Records">
<ns3:RecordsPerPage>3</ns3:RecordsPerPage>
</ns3:ContentElementConfig>
</ns3:Request>
</S:Body>
</S:Envelope>
If my approach is incorrect could you provide me a a better way to handle such requests?
Regards,
Eugene.

Hi Eugene,
As you know, this issue has been discussed further, so I am posting here the summary of the findings, with the hope that this summary will benefit the Endeca Server user community at large.
* Boolean search only works with range filters for the AND operator. The documentation link above confirms this.
*Because of this restriction, you need to build another query that would achieve the same result. Both options are equally good and would achieve the results you need. Two suggestions that we've received were:
- Option 1. You could perform the key restriction of the search via a restrictive search interface rather than using the boolean match mode. This would involve creating a search interface for each field and then querying against the search interface for the field in question:
<Operator xmlns="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/lql_parser/types" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="SearchOperator">
<SearchFilter SnippetLength="20" EnableSnippeting="true" Mode="All" Key="orderSearch_for_field_multiple_prop">one</SearchFilter>
</Operator>
For this option, you would have to create a search interface for each attribute, using the Config Web Service. Here is the topic about loading config documents into the Endeca Server:http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29805_01/server.230/es_dev/toc.htm#Loading%20configuration%20documents
- Option 2
* You could implement the range filter through EQL row expression syntax instead and pass it in via the DataSourceFilterOperator, which acts as a prefilter on all other query logic, using the Conversation Web Service. Thus you might include:
<Operator xmlns="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/lql_parser/types" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="DataSourceFilterOperator">
<DataSourceFilterString>dateTime_prop <= TO_DATETIME('2012-07-24T19:47:01Z')</DataSourceFilterString>
</Operator>
For this option, using the DataSourceFilter does not require you to model the rest of the query in EQL. It will perform slightly better than the filter in option 1 because of the order in which record set intersections are computed, but the difference is likely to be very small.
Finally, if this addresses your question, please mark this question as answered, so that others can benefit from it on the forum. Big thanks to Endeca Server development team (you know who you are!), for helping to find solutions for this request.
Julia
Edited by: JuliaM on Aug 30, 2012 2:05 PM
Edited by: JuliaM on Aug 30, 2012 2:06 PM

How to perform a WS-transaction between two webservices implemented in EJB3

Hello,
I would like to have an example of how to perform a WS-Transaction between two web services implemented with EJB 3.0. It should be done through code.
Thanks in advance.

Bit a late answer, btu I don't like googling for somthing and founding open questions about the topic I search for.
Have a look at
http://jbossws.jboss.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=JAX-WS_User_Guide
and
http://soa.sys-con.com/node/39769
Cheers

How to view "recent searches" in safari on ipad (ios7)

Since the introduction of the unified search field, I can no longer view recent searches (previously accessed by clicking on the magnifying glass on the search field). Note that I am not interested in the browsing history, I want to see a list of recent searches as this saves me having to retype my search query each time I want to display the search results. Does anyone know how to display "recent searches" in safari on iPad with ios7?

Thank you for your reply but unfortunately this doesn't address my issue. Typing in the unified bar brings up suggestions, bookmarks and history but this seems to be browsing history only (i.e. sites I have actually visited). I still need to retype my search query to display my search results again. I wasn't aware you can't downgrade, isn't that a bit silly? What if there is a major fault or drawback with the new software, are users left with no option but to bear it? Also, upgrades should be an enhancement on a previous version, one would not expect to lose functionality or a feature by upgrading (especially when there is no option to go back)..it poses a risk in performing any future updates if I could potentially lose something I already have!

HOW DO WE CREATRE SEARCH HELP ?

HOW DO WE CREATRE SEARCH HELP ? PLEASE EXPLAIN.
REWARD POINTS GUARENTEED !!

Hi
Input helps (F4 helps) for screen fields can be defined with search helps.
Search helps
1)Standard search help
2)Types of search helps
3)Concept of search help
4)Search Help Interface
5)Dialog behavior of search helps
6)Selection method for search helps
7)Performance of search helps
8)Attaching search helps
9)Hierarchy of search helps
Standard Search Help
The input help (F4 help) is a standard function of the R/3 System. It permits the user to display a list of possible values for a screen field. A value can be directly copied to an input field by list selection.
The fields having an input help are shown in the R/3 System by the input help key to the right of the field. This key appears as soon as the cursor is positioned on the corresponding screen field. The help can be started either by clicking on this screen element or with function key F4.
If the number of possible entries for a field is very large, you can limit the set of displayed values by entering further restrictions.
Further meaningful information about the displayed values is included in the display of possible entries, especially if the field requires that a formal key be entered.
TYPES OF SEARCH HELPS
Elementary search helps Describe a search path. The elementary search help must define where the data of the hit list should be read from (selection method), how the exchange of values between the screen template and selection method is implemented (interface of the search help) and how the online input help should be defined (online behavior of the search help).
Collective search help Combine several elementary search helps. A collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.
Context data: You first have to define the context data to be used in the input help process. The context contains the information obtained in previous dialog steps and the entries already made by the user in the current input mask. This information is normally used to restrict the possible values for the current input field.
Dialog behavior: It describes the order of the dialog windows to be displayed during the input help and what they should look like.
Data collection method: It defines where the values offered to the user for selection come from.
Return values: When a value is selected from the list of possible entries, it is stored in the search field. This often results in the contents of further screen fields, such as explanatory text, being updated. You therefore should define which values can be returned to the screen.
In addition to describing an input help, you must define the fields for which it should be used. This is part of the field definition (of the search fields).
In Release 4.0, the search help was introduced in the ABAP Dictionary as a new object type. A search help is an object that describes the input help process. The individual components of such a description can be defined with attributes of the search help.
Search helps are subject to the same rules concerning their maintenance, activation and transport as all other objects of the ABAP Dictionary.
Search helps provide greater flexibility and functionality for defining input helps than the matchcode and help view object types offered up to Release 3.x.
Search Help Interface
Search help interface determines how the exchange of values between the screen template and the selection method is implemented.
The search help interface defines the context data that can be used in the input help and the data that can be returned to the input mask. Analogously to the interface of a function module, the search help interface comprises interface parameters.
When you define an interface parameter of a search help, you must also define whether it should be used to copy data to the input help (IMPORT parameter) or whether it should be used to return data from the input help (EXPORT parameter). A parameter of a search help can also have both attributes at the same time.
The location from which the IMPORT parameters of a search help get their values and the screen fields in which the contents of the EXPORT parameters of the search help are returned are defined in the search help attachment. The search help itself should always be attached to an EXPORT parameter of the search help. If this parameter is also the IMPORT parameter, its contents are only used in the input help if it is a search string (that is, if it contains a ´*´ or a ´+´).
You must define the parameter types of a search help. You can do this by assigning them data elements.
Value Transport for Input Helps
NOTE:In the above example, screen fields A, B and C are linked with parameters of the search help. As a result, values can only be transported between the screen and the search help for these three fields. Existing contents of screen fields A and B can be used for selecting the hit list since they are linked with an import parameter of the search help. The values of parameters A and C can be returned to the screen from the hit list since these parameters are declared as export parameters of the search help.
Description of dialog behavior
A hit list might contain plentiful number of entries. A
dialog provides the user with an option to restrict the
entries displayed on the hit list.
In an input help process, the set of possible entries is presented in the dialog box as a list for displaying the hit list. The user selects the required value from this list by double clicking. Since the possible entries are often formal keys, you must be able to display further explanatory information about the possible entries in the list.
If the set of possible entries is very large, the user should be able to define additional conditions for the attributes of the selected entry. Restricting the set of data in this way both increases the clarity of the list and reduces the system load. Additional conditions can be entered in a further dialog window, the dialog box for restricting values.
Specifying the dialog type of a search help defines whether the dialog box for restricting values should be offered and if so under what conditions.
The attributes in the dialog box for displaying the hit list or in the dialog box for restricting values must be defined as internal parameters of the search help. An internal parameter can also be used in only one of the two dialog boxes. It can also belong to the search help interface.
The internal parameter types are also defined with data elements. These data elements define how the parameters are displayed in the two dialog boxes.
Dialog Types
The dialog type of an elementary search help defines how the hit list is displayed when the input help is called. It defines the dialog steps executed for input help.
The following dialog types are possible:
Immediate value display: The hit list is immediately displayed when the input help is called. This is only meaningful if the hit list usually only contains a few entries.
Complex dialog with value restriction: The dialog window for restricting values is offered immediately. Choose this option if the list of possible entries is usually very large. If the user limits the amount of data to be processed, the hit list will become more comprehensible and the system load during value selection will be reduced.
Dialog depending on number of values: If the hit list contains less than 100 entries, it is displayed immediately. If the hit list contains more than 100 entries, the dialog box for restricting values is displayed.
The following dialog types are possible:
Immediate value display: The hit list is immediately displayed when the input help is called. This is only meaningful if the hit list usually only contains a few entries.
Complex dialog with value restriction: The dialog window for restricting values is offered immediately. Choose this option if the list of possible entries is usually very large. If the user limits the amount of data to be processed, the hit list will become more comprehensible and the system load during value selection will be reduced.
Dialog depending on number of values: If the hit list contains less than 100 entries, it is displayed immediately. If the hit list contains more than 100 entries, the dialog box for restricting values is displayed.
Selection method for Search help
Selection method refers to the database object (database
table or view) from which data is selected and displayed
in the hit list.
The possible entries displayed for a field by the input help are determined at runtime by a selection from the database. When a search help is defined, you must define the database object from which the data should be selected by specifying a table or a view as selection method.
The fields of the selection method are assigned to the parameters of the search help if their names are the same. Restricting the hit list, which is formulated with a parameter of the search help, is also used to formulate a WHERE condition for the field of the selection method having the same name (if one exists). Vice versa, the parameters of the search help appearing in the hit list are assigned the contents of the fields of the selection method having the same name.
If the selection method is a table having a text table, the non-key fields of this text table can also be used in the search help. In this case the corresponding entries of the logon language are automatically taken into consideration in the selection. These columns remain empty for values that do not have text in the logon language.
If the selection method is client-dependent, your client field may not appear as a parameter of the search help. The search help is always selected in the current client.
Performance of an Input help
We must ensure that the hit list is displayed in minimum
time with minimum load on the system.
It is imperative to optimize accessing behavior especially when selection uses a view and thus more than one table.
This can be done by restricting the hit list
By additional restricting conditions from the context.
Restricting conditions entered by the user in a dialog.
Performance of the input help could be greatly improved by creating an index on the fields used to formulate the restrictions.
A large amount of data sometimes has to be searched in the selections for an input help. This means that the user might have to wait a long time for the possible entries to be displayed, and can also result in a significant increase in the load on the system.
When defining a search help, you should therefore check whether you should take measures to optimize the accessing behavior for the selection method. This is especially true if the selection uses a view and thus more than one physical table.
If the number of entries in the selection method is very large, you should restrict the hit list with further conditions. This also increases the clarity of the hit list. The additional conditions can directly result from the context, or can be entered in the dialog box for restricting values by the user. The performance of the input help can frequently be significantly improved by creating an index on the fields used to formulate the restrictions.
If a restriction is defined with the secondary table of a help view, the selection is automatically performed as an inner join. In this case you should replace the help view with a database view.
Attaching a search help to a field
A search help can influence the behavior of a field when the input help is called. The search help must be assigned to the field in order to do this. You have the following options for this assignment:
Attach search help to a data element / table or structure field / screen field / check table.
Conventionally search helps are attached to table fields or data elements. We shall see the same.
Choose the field name, click on search help tab and
provide the name of the search help.
A search help is attached to a field of a table or structure in the maintenance transaction for this table/structure, analogously to attaching to a table. You must assign the interface parameters of the search help to any fields of the table/structure. The search field must be assigned to an EXPORT parameter of the search help at this time.
Attach the search help to the table field
The search help ZSTRAVELAG_NAME is therefore directly attached to the field AGENCYNUM of table ZSTRAVELAG.
Provide the search help name and the parameter name
under the further characteristics tab of the data element.
If the input help of a field is defined by its data element, no further screen fields can be used in the input help.
Also note that the input F4 help would be available wherever the data element is used.
A search help can be directly assigned to a screen field in two ways.
The name of the search help must be entered in the Screen Painter in the Attributes for the field in the field Search help.
The name of the search help can be defined for selection screens in ABAP reports in the PARAMETERS or SELECT-OPTIONS statement directly following the supplement MATCHCODE OBJECT.
However, input help is only available for this particular screen.
Collective search help
A Collective search help provides alternative search
Paths by combining elementary search helps.
Only one search help can be attached to a field, table or data element. Several search paths are therefore attached with a collective search help.
A collective search help also has interface parameters like
an elementary search help.
Like an elementary search help, a collective search help has an interface of IMPORT and EXPORT parameters with which the search help exchanges data. Using this interface, the collective search help can be attached to fields, tables and data elements exactly like an elementary search help.
Parameter assignment needs to be done for each of the
Included search helps.
When you define a collective search help, there are no components for describing the dialog behavior and data selection; instead the included search helps are listed here. You must assign the parameters of the collective search help to the interface parameters of the included search help for each inclusion.
User may choose the tab and thus the elementary
search method.
When we execute the search help SCUSTOM, we are confronted with a dialog which gives us an option of either restricting
By 1)Search for customer according to booking
2)Search for customer according to name.
These are effectively the elementary search helps (SCUSTOM_BOOK and SCUSTOM_NAME) which have been included in the collective search help SCUSTOM.
HOT KEY
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.
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ITunes 10 search for exact match or Boolean Searches

Is there a way to force an exact match when performing a search in iTunes?
I tried putting "" around my search and get no results.
The goal would be to search Artists for the artist "Hem", and only show results for only "Hem" and not both "Hem" and "Edie Brickel and the New Bohemians"
As far as I can tell there are no Boolean search options in here either.
iTunes 10.1 (54)

Mad.Macs wrote:
Thanks,
I know Smart Playlists is a workaround for this, but that is about that is about 6 clicks plus typing to accomplish what could be done by simply typing in "hem" in the search field. If you use Smart Playlists for this, you would also need to go back and delete the playlist when you are done.
Yep, like I said I leave it there for next time....
I wonder why they would leave what is now a universally understood search option out of iTunes?
Who knows? Feature requests go to iTunes Feedback.
tt2

How to Implement the Search page for Workflow Notifications?

Hi All,
I want to implement the new Search page for Workflow Notifications. Search page containing Company, Paygroup, Source, Initiator, Supplier Name, From date & To date fields. These fields(Poplist & Calendar) are getting the values from different tables and these fields are not in WF_NOTIFICATIONS table only Initiator & dates are there. After selecting the values in all fields or one field based upon these values I want to display the all Workflow Notifications ( Those are satisfy the search criteria only not all ) in Advance Worklist Table RN in the Notifications page. Is it possible to create the Search page based upon the above scenario if Yes Let me know how to implement this search page for Workflow. Page was designed but how to get the sortlisted Notifications and how to pass these values to next page?
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: user635152 on Nov 13, 2008 10:53 AM

Hi Guru,
I crete the Search page having 5 poplists and select the values from dropdown list and click GO button it serch the records and displays that records in ResultsTable in same page.
My case, Search page is running fine if I select the values and click GO button page is refreshed without errors but I am unable to displays the records in ResultsTable.
What I am missing?
My Select Stmt:
SELECT * FROM
(select wn.nid notification_id
,ou.name company
          ,I.PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE paygroup
          ,'AP' source
          ,pf.full_name initiator
          ,pv.vendor_name supplier_name
          ,I.GL_DATE FROM_TO_DATE
from ap_invoices_all i
, po_vendors pv
     , hr_operating_units ou
     , per_all_people_f pf
     , FND_USER FU
, (SELECT trim(substr(substr(substr(WN.subject,(instr(WN.subject,'Invoice ') + 8),100),1,100),
1,instr(substr(substr(WN.subject,(instr(WN.subject,'Invoice ') + 8),100),1,100),' for'))) inv_no
,notification_id nid
FROM WF_NOTIFICATIONS WN
WHERE WN.MESSAGE_TYPE = 'APINV'
AND WN.STATUS NOT IN ('CANCELED','CLOSED')) wn
where i.vendor_id = pv.vendor_id
and i.invoice_num = wn.inv_no
and i.WFAPPROVAL_STATUS = 'REQUIRED'
and pv.vendor_name = nvl(:vendor_name,pv.vendor_name)
and i.org_id = OU.organization_id
AND OU.name like nvl(:company_name,name)
and i.pay_group_lookup_code = nvl(:pay_group,i.pay_group_lookup_code)
and exists (select ad.invoice_id
from ap_invoice_distributions_all ad
where ad.invoice_id = i.invoice_id
and ad.accounting_date between nvl(:from_date,ad.accounting_date)
                                   and nvl(:to_date,ad.accounting_date))
and 'AP' = nvl(:source,'AP')
     and i.created_by = fu.user_id
     AND fu.EMPLOYEE_ID = pf.person_id
     AND pf.full_name like nvl(:initiator, pf.full_name)
UNION ALL
          select po_num.nid notification_id
          ,ou.name company
          ,ps.PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE paygroup
          ,'PO' source
          ,pf.full_name initiator
          ,pv.vendor_name supplier_name
          ,P.CREATION_DATE FROM_TO_DATE
     from po_headers_all p
     ,po_vendors pv
          ,po_vendor_sites_all ps
          ,hr_operating_units ou
          ,per_all_people_f pf
     ,(select trim(substr(wn.subject,24,instr(wn.subject,' for')-24)) po_no, notification_id nid
          FROM WF_NOTIFICATIONS WN
     WHERE WN.MESSAGE_TYPE = 'POAPPRV'
     AND WN.STATUS NOT IN ('CANCELED','CLOSED')
     and wn.subject like 'Standard Purchase Order%') po_num
     where p.SEGMENT1 = po_num.po_no
     and p.vendor_id = pv.vendor_id
     and p.org_id in(select organization_id
     from hr_operating_units
     where name like nvl(:company_name,name))
     and pv.vendor_name = nvl(:vendor_name,pv.vendor_name)
     and p.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS = 'IN PROCESS'
     and p.CANCEL_FLAG = 'N'
     and 'PO' = nvl(:source,'PO')
     and p.agent_id = pf.person_id
     and pf.full_name like nvl(:initiator, pf.full_name)
     and pv.vendor_id = ps.vendor_id
     and ps.org_id = ou.organization_id
     and ou.name like nvl(:company_name,name)
and ps.PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE = nvl(:pay_group,ps.PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE)
     and trunc(p.creation_date) between nvl(:from_date,trunc(p.creation_date)) and nvl(:to_date,trunc(p.creation_date))
In CO PFR Code:
if (pageContext.getParameter("Go") != null)
OAQueryUtils.checkSelectiveSearchCriteria(pageContext, webBean);
     String COMPANY = pageContext.getParameter("COMPANY");
String PAYGROUP = pageContext.getParameter("PAYGROUP");
String SOURCE = pageContext.getParameter("SOURCE");
String INITIATOR = pageContext.getParameter("INITIATOR");
String SUPPLIER_NAME = pageContext.getParameter("SUPPLIER_NAME");
Boolean executeQuery = BooleanUtils.getBoolean(false);
Serializable[] parameters = { COMPANY, PAYGROUP, SOURCE, INITIATOR, SUPPLIER_NAME, executeQuery};
Class[] paramTypes = { String.class, String.class, String.class, String.class, String.class, Boolean.class };
am.invokeMethod("initSearch", parameters, paramTypes);
OAAdvancedTableBean table = (OAAdvancedTableBean)webBean.findChildRecursive("ResultsTable");
table.queryData(pageContext, false);
AM invoke Method():
public void initSearch(String company,
String paygroup,
String source,
String initiator,
String supplier_name,
Boolean executeQuery)
WorklistFindVOImpl vo = getWorklistFindVO1();
if (vo == null)
MessageToken[] tokens = { new MessageToken("OBJECT_NAME", "WorklistFindVO1") };
throw new OAException("AK", "FWK_TBX_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND", tokens);
vo.initQuery(company, paygroup, source, initiator, supplier_name, executeQuery);
VO Code:
public void initQuery(String company,
String paygroup,
String source,
String initiator,
String supplier_name,
Boolean executeQuery)
StringBuffer whereClause = new StringBuffer(500);
Vector parameters = new Vector(5);
int clauseCount = 0;
int bindCount = 0;
setWhereClauseParams(null); // Always reset
if ((company != null))
String companyname = null;
try
companyname = new String(company);
catch(Exception e) {}
whereClause.append("COMPANY= :COMPANY");
whereClause.append(++bindCount);
parameters.addElement(company);
clauseCount++;
if ((paygroup != null) && (!("".equals(paygroup))))
if (clauseCount > 0)
whereClause.append(" AND ");
whereClause.append("PAYGROUP = :PAYGROUP");
whereClause.append(++bindCount);
parameters.addElement(paygroup);
clauseCount++;
if ((source != null) && (!("".equals(source))))
if (clauseCount > 0)
whereClause.append(" AND ");
whereClause.append("SOURCE = :SOURCE");
whereClause.append(++bindCount);
parameters.addElement(source);
clauseCount++;
if ((initiator != null) && (!("".equals(initiator))))
if (clauseCount > 0)
whereClause.append(" AND ");
whereClause.append("INITIATOR = :INITIATOR");
whereClause.append(++bindCount);
parameters.addElement(initiator);
clauseCount++;
if ((supplier_name != null) && (!("".equals(supplier_name))))
if (clauseCount > 0)
whereClause.append(" AND ");
whereClause.append("SUPPLIER_NAME = :SUPPLIER_NAME");
whereClause.append(++bindCount);
parameters.addElement(supplier_name);
clauseCount++;
setWhereClause(whereClause.toString());
if (bindCount > 0)
Object[] params = new Object[bindCount];
parameters.copyInto(params);
setWhereClauseParams(params);
if ((executeQuery != null) && (executeQuery.booleanValue()))
executeQuery();
} // end initQuery()
Please let me know what I did mistake in my code?
I am unable to find it what I missing and there is no errors but no records displayed in Results Table.
Please it's urgent.
Thanks
Nag.
Edited by: user635152 on Nov 19, 2008 4:43 PM

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