A question about search help and input help,PLZ take a look at it.

Question

hi everyone,
i want to know the difference between search hlep and inpu help
can anyone tell me about that?
thanks

Answer 1

HI
BOTH ARE SAME
you can define F4 help in 2 ways
in SE11 or in the report program
IN SE11
Attaching a search help to a table field
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.
Attaching a search help to a data element
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.
Attaching a search help to a screen element
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.
in REPORT PROGRAM
in this way we declare in report program
TYPES : BEGIN OF ST_OBJID_SH,
OTYPE TYPE HRP1000-OTYPE,
OBJID TYPE HRP1000-OBJID,
END OF ST_OBJID_SH.
DATA : IT_OBJID_SH TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ST_OBJID_SH.
DATA : WA_OBJID_SH TYPE ST_OBJID_SH.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.
*SELECT-OPTIONS : S_OTYPE FOR HRP1001-OTYPE NO INTERVALS .
SELECT-OPTIONS : S_OBJID FOR HRP1001-OBJID NO INTERVALS .
SELECT-OPTIONS : DATE FOR SY-DATUM NO-EXTENSION OBLIGATORY.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK B1.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_OBJID-LOW.
IF S_OBJID IS NOT INITIAL.
SELECT OTYPE OBJID FROM HRP1000
INTO TABLE IT_OBJID_SH
WHERE OTYPE = 'D'.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
SEARCH HELP FOR QUALIFICATION.
CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'
EXPORTING
DDIC_STRUCTURE = ' '
RETFIELD = 'OBJID'
PVALKEY = ' '
DYNPPROG = SY-REPID
DYNPNR = SY-DYNNR
DYNPROFIELD = 'S_OBJID'
STEPL = 0
WINDOW_TITLE =
VALUE = ' '
VALUE_ORG = 'S'
MULTIPLE_CHOICE = ' '
DISPLAY = ' '
CALLBACK_PROGRAM = ' '
CALLBACK_FORM = ' '
MARK_TAB =
IMPORTING
USER_RESET =
TABLES
VALUE_TAB = IT_OBJID_SH
FIELD_TAB =
RETURN_TAB = RETURN_TAB
DYNPFLD_MAPPING =
EXCEPTIONS
PARAMETER_ERROR = 1
NO_VALUES_FOUND = 2
OTHERS = 3
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
Check this out
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/value-request-for-parameter.htm
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sample program
report zrich_0001 .
data: begin of ihelp occurs 0,
field type char10,
ftext type char50,
end of ihelp.
data: a_field(20) type c.
select-options s_field for a_field.
initialization.
ihelp-field = 'A'.
ihelp-ftext = 'Description A'.
append ihelp.
ihelp-field = 'B'.
ihelp-ftext = 'Description B'.
append ihelp.
ihelp-field = 'C'.
ihelp-ftext = 'Description C'.
append ihelp.
at selection-screen on value-request for s_field-low.
call function 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'
exporting
retfield = 'FIELD'
dynprofield = 'S_FIELD'
dynpprog = sy-cprog
dynpnr = sy-dynnr
value_org = 'S'
tables
value_tab = ihelp.
start-of-selection.
one more program....
REPORT ZHELP .
TABLES : MARA.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.
PARAMETERS : P_MATNR(10) TYPE C.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK B1.
DATA : BEGIN OF ITAB OCCURS 0,
MATNR TYPE MATNR,
END OF ITAB.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_MATNR.
SELECT MATNR
FROM MARA
INTO TABLE ITAB
UP TO 10 ROWS.
CALL FUNCTION 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'
EXPORTING
RETFIELD = 'MATERIAL NUMBER'
DYNPPROG = SY-REPID
DYNPNR = SY-DYNNR
DYNPROFIELD = 'P_MATNR'
VALUE_ORG = 'S'
TABLES
VALUE_TAB = ITAB
EXCEPTIONS
PARAMETER_ERROR = 1
NO_VALUES_FOUND = 2
OTHERS = 3.
Create it from SE11.
enter search help
and create elementary
enter description and below Table name
and the fields
see the doc
1) 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).
2) Collective search helps combine several elementary search helps. A collective search help thus can offer several alternative search paths.
3)An elementary search help defines the standard flow of an input help.
4) A collective search help combines several elementary search helps. The user can thus choose one of several alternative search paths with a collective search help.
5)A collective search help comprises several elementary search helps. It combines all the search paths that are meaningful for a field.
6)Both elementary search helps and other search helps can be included in a collective search help. If other collective search helps are contained in a collective search help, they are expanded to the level of the elementary search helps when the input help is called.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee38446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee45446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
pls go through this for search help creation
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/41/f6b237fec48c67e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm