BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET

Hi all!
I'm developing a webdypro application that implements the functionalities of the transaction CAT2, for display, delete, change and insert working times i'm using the following bapis:
BAPI_CATIMESHEETMGR_INSERT
BAPI_CATIMESHEETMGR_DELETE
BAPI_CATIMESHEETMGR_CHANGE
BAPI_CATIMESHEETRECORD_GETLIST
And i want to use the BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET to gives all the matchcodes/valuehelps that the user have in the CAT2 transaction.
My question is: how should i use this bapi?
Which values should i set for the following input parameters:
OBJTYPE
OBJNAME
METHOD
PARAMETER
FIELD
EXPLICIT_SHLP
MAX_OF_ROWS
DESCRIPTIONONLY
I hope somebody can helps me.
Thx
Rgds
Gregory.

I found a call to this BAPI. Looks like it is strongly dependent on the BOR.
        CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET'
             DESTINATION RFC_DEST
             EXPORTING
*                 OBJTYPE                    = ' '
                  OBJNAME                    = 'EmployeeAbsence'
                  METHOD                     = 'CREATE'
                  PARAMETER                  = 'Absencetype'
                  FIELD                      = 'AWART'
*                 max_of_rows                = 0
*                 descriptiononly            = ' '
             IMPORTING
                  RETURN                     = I_RETURN
             TABLES
                  SELECTION_FOR_HELPVALUES   = I_SEL_FOR_HELPVALUES
                  HELPVALUES                 = I_HELPVALUES
                  VALUES_FOR_FIELD           = I_VAL_FOR_FIELD
                  DESCRIPTION_FOR_HELPVALUES = I_DSC_FOR_HELPVALUES.
Does this help you any?
Regards,
Rich Heilman

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Hi lamey,
the function module BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET has exceptionally good documentation.
Please read it an makle use of the IMPORTING and TABLES parameters to get what you want:
*" IMPORTING
*"     VALUE(OBJTYPE) LIKE BAPIF4A-OBJTYPE DEFAULT SPACE
*"     VALUE(OBJNAME) LIKE BAPIF4A-OBJNAME DEFAULT SPACE
*"     VALUE(METHOD) LIKE BAPIF4A-METHOD
*"     VALUE(PARAMETER) LIKE BAPIF4A-PARAM
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*"     VALUE(DESCRIPTIONONLY) LIKE BAPIF4A-DESCRIP DEFAULT SPACE
*" EXPORTING
*"     VALUE(RETURN) LIKE BAPIRETURN STRUCTURE BAPIRETURN
*" TABLES
*"      SELECTION_FOR_HELPVALUES STRUCTURE BAPIF4B OPTIONAL
*"      HELPVALUES STRUCTURE BAPIF4C
*"      VALUES_FOR_FIELD STRUCTURE BAPIF4D
*"      DESCRIPTION_FOR_HELPVALUES STRUCTURE BAPIF4E
EXPLICIT_SHLP can be used to specify the search help
SELECTION_FOR_HELPVALUES can be used to specify complex selection criteria.
Read the genreal documentaion and the parameter documentation, it has many hints for you.
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Regards,
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Hi Vijith,
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after the execution.
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Diego,
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http://www.NetWeaverTeam.com

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Providing Input Help (F4 Help)
Use
Users of an SAP System can use the F4 key to obtain information about the possible input values for a certain field on the screen.
Information about the possible values for a field should also be available to those users who are working with the data in the SAP System from an external program, via BAPI calls. For example, the user of a Visual Basic program, which incorporates a BAPI to display or modify data in an SAP System, should have transparent access to the functions of the F4 input help.
Features
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Authorization Check
In some cases you will only want to allow only those persons with a specific user profile to access information in F4 input help. To do this you can carry out authorization checks within the BAPI using table BAPIF4T.
Table BAPIF4T is provided for this purpose. This table comprises the following fields, which you have to fill with the values for your BAPI.
OBJTYPE (object type)
The technical name of the SAP business object type, for example, BUS1065.
METHOD (verb)
The name of a BAPI for the business object type named above, for example, GetList.
DTEL (data element)
The name of a data element for which a possible entry is specified. For example, an elementary input help could be specified for the data element PERNR_D and be protected from unauthorized access.
FNAM (name of the function module)
The name of the function module that you have to create and that checks authorizations for the data element. This function module must have the following predefined interface:
""Local interface:
*" IMPORTING
*" VALUE(OBJTYPE) LIKE BAPIF4F-OBJTYPE
*" VALUE(METHOD) LIKE BAPIF4F-METHOD
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*" VALUE(SHLPNAME) LIKE BAPIF4F-SHLPNAME
*" VALUE(TABNAME) LIKE BAPIF4F-TABNAME
*" EXPORTING
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As the template for your function module you can use the function module BF_BAPI_F4_AUTHORITY which provides exactly this interface. Copy this function module and follow the documentation provided with it.
The additional parameter SHLPNAME contained in the function module interface provides the name of the active input help for the table or for the data element. The parameter TABNAME contains the name of the value table.
The return code of the parameter RETURN is:
'X' if the user of the BAPI is not authorized to call up the valid input values for a field.
' ' (no value), if the user of the BAPI is authorized to display the input values for a field.
During runtime the function module is called dynamically by the BAPI HelpValues.GetList().
An authorization check can be carried out at business object type, method or data element level:
To check authorizations at this level
... ......the following fields in table BAPIF4T must be filled.
Business object type
OBJTYPE, FNAM
BAPI
OBJTYPE, METHOD, FNAM
Data Element
OBJTYPE, METHOD, DTEL, FNAM
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For the above said test data, you are trying to get the help values for
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Dear Srinivas,
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""Local Interface:
*" TABLES
*"      STRUC_GETLIST STRUCTURE ZSTRUC_LIFECYCLE
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Internal table structure declaration.
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        type   = 'I'
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Currently I am retrieving help values (F4 values) for different HR Infotypes using BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET bapi.
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BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET'
EXPORTING
"   OBJTYPE                          = ' '
"   OBJNAME                          = ' '
    METHOD                           =
    PARAMETER                        =
"   FIELD                            =
"   EXPLICIT_SHLP                    =
"   MAX_OF_ROWS                      = 0
"   DESCRIPTIONONLY                  = ' '
" IMPORTING
"   RETURN                           =
TABLES
"   SELECTION_FOR_HELPVALUES         =
    HELPVALUES                       =
    VALUES_FOR_FIELD                 =
    DESCRIPTION_FOR_HELPVALUES       =
BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET_SEARCHHELP
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET_SEARCHHELP'
" EXPORTING
"   OBJTYPE                          =
"   OBJNAME                          =
"   METHOD                           =
"   PARAMETER                        =
"   FIELD                            =
" IMPORTING
"   RETURN                           =
TABLES
    SHLP_FOR_HELPVALUES_GET          =
"   DESCRIPTION_FOR_HELPVALUES       =
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>
Ratheesh Bhaskaran wrote:
> Hi ,
> Can you please explain this 'There is a BAPI that doesn't remote search helps generically' .
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Here is my code:
data: des_Table type standard table of BAPIF4E with default key,
      wa_myTab like line of des_Table.
data: val_Table type standard table of BAPIF4C with default key,
      wa_myTab1 like line of val_Table.
data: help_Table type standard table of BAPIF4D with default key,
      wa_myTab2 like line of help_Table.
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET'
EXPORTING
    OBJTYPE                          = 'BUS1006'
    OBJNAME                          = 'BusinessPartner'
    METHOD                           = 'GetDetail'
    PARAMETER                        =
    FIELD                            =
EXPLICIT_SHLP                    =
MAX_OF_ROWS                      = 0
DESCRIPTIONONLY                  = ' '
IMPORTING
RETURN                           =
TABLES
SELECTION_FOR_HELPVALUES         =
    HELPVALUES                       = help_Table
    VALUES_FOR_FIELD                 = val_Table
    DESCRIPTION_FOR_HELPVALUES       = des_Table
But when i execute the above code, it gives me the following error !
"Field "TABLES" is unknown. It is neither in one of the specified tables nor defined by a "DATA" statement."
I have no idea why this error is comming, though I have specified all mandatory tables,
and also can any one help me in identifying what should i have to send in parameter and field, in export parameter.
Many thanks
Marek

Hi Marek,
Read documentation for Business Object "Helpvalues" which helps u to understand the functionality .It has got examples also.I am pasting it here.
Method
Helpvalues.GetSearchhelp "BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET_SEARCHHELP"
Determine Search Help for F4 Process
Functionality
This function enables you to determine search helps for finding values (F4 help) for BAPI parameters.
You must specify either the object name (parameter ObjName) or the object type of the object (parameter ObjType), the name of the method for the object (parameter Method), and the name of the parameter for the method (parameter Parameter). If the parameter is structured, you must also specify the name of the field in the Field parameter.
If the function runs successfully, the name of a search help with type and short text appears in the table parameter ShlpForHelpvalues. If a collective search help is defined for the parameter or for the field of a structured parameter, then the return table contains the names of all its elementary search helps with their types and short texts.
A entry of this type in a BAPISHLP table can be specified for the BAPI Helpvalues.GetList (BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET) to determine F4 value helps.
The table parameter DescriptionForHelpvalues specifies meta data for restricting the data selected by the BAPI Helpvalues.GetList.
Notes
Example
You want to define a search help for the VENDOR field of the BAPI parameter ReservationItems for the method MaterialReservation.GetDetail. To enable this, the BAPI Helpvalues.GetSearchhelp requires the following parameters:
Parameter: Value:
OBJTYPE
OBJNAME 'MaterialReservation'
METHOD 'GetDetail'
PARAMETER 'ReservationItems'
FIELD 'VENDOR'
If successful, the table parameter ShlpForHelpvalues contains the following entries:
SHLPNAME SHLPTYP REPTITLE:
KR EDI SH Vendors by Country/Company Code
KREDK SH Vendors by Company Code
KREDL SH Vendors by Country
KREDP SH Vendors by Personnel Number
One of these entries can be specified for the BAPI Helpvalues.GetList (BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET) in the parameter ExplicitShlp, and used to determine a value help.
Method
Helpvalues.GetList          "BAPI_HELPVALUES_GET"
Determine Allowed Input Values (F4) for Fields in BAPI Parameters
Functionality
This method determines the valid help values (F4) for a parameter or field of a structured BAPI parameter.
Notes
The help values are based on check tables, fixed domain values, or value helps defined in a data element. If no search help of this type is defined, no help values can be specified.
This method can only be used for BAPI parameters. A check is made to see whether the field exists in the named parameter, in the method, and in the business object.
You must send the name or object type name of the business object, the method, and the parameter with the name defined in the BOR, to the Helpvalues.GetList method. If you have a field from a structured parameter, you also need to specify its name. You cannot obtain the total value help for all fields of a structure by not explicitly specifying a field when calling the method.
As an alternative, you can use details in the parameter ExplicitShlp to send specific search helps. The parameters ObjType, ObjName, Method, Parameter and Field must still be filled, so that the BAPI authorization checks can be made.
Note that this method only takes elementary search helps into account. For collective search helps, read the documentation on the method Helpvalues.GetSearchHelp.
The help values - together with other useful information - are returned in the parameter Helpvalues.
The Description4HV parameter contains meta information that describes the column contents sent in the Helpvalues parameter. Note that SAP does not guarantee the stability of search helps. You must use the Description4HV parameter to correctly interpret the values sent in the Helpvalues parameter.
The Values4Field parameter only contains help values without short texts.
You can assign an authorization check to value helps. For data protection reasons, tables of type A (master data and transaction data) and tables of type L (temporary data) cannot be read.
Exceptions for master data can be defined with explicit authorization checks on the data element of the parameter or the parameter field. The values are only returned if the caller has the correct authorizations. Otherwise, an error message is triggered (see the Return parameter). The authorization required is documented in each individual BAPI.
Example
You want to determine the valid help values for the National field (country code). The field is in the BAPI Employee.GetList in the PersonalData parameter.
If you call the method with the following parameters:
ObjType
ObjName 'Employee'
Method 'GetList'
Parameter 'PersonalData'
Field 'National'
MaxOfRows '0'
DescriptionOnly 'X'
the Description4HV parameter contains:
TABNAME (Table) FIELDNAME (Field) ... FIELDTEXT (Description)
H_T005 LAND1 Country code
H_T005 LANDX Country
H_T005 NATIO Nationality
Note: If you use the test environment of the Function Builder for testing, you must select case-sensitive.
The help values are sent in the Helpvalues parameter. This parameter also usually contains other useful information, such as texts. This texts are in the logon language. The following values are in the Helpvalues parameter:
AT Austria Austrian
AU Australia Australian
The Values4Field parameter only contains the input values for the National field:
AT
AU
The information from the Helpvalues parameter can be offered by the application in a dialog. A line of the Helpvalues parameter can be selected to access the correct help value in the Values4Field parameter.
If you only want to select the countries that start with 'A', the following data must be in the Selection4Helpvalues parameter:
SELECT_FLD SIGN OPTION LOW HIGH
LANDX I CP A*
Messages are returned in the Return parameter. The documentation for this parameter contains the return codes and their meanings.
Further Information
For more information, see the BAPI Programming Guide in the SAP Library under CA-BFA.
Regards
Venkat

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Is there any table in CRM , which has the list of r3 sales orgs?.
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REPORT ZTEST_SORG .
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