Creation of append search help

Hi All,
How can I add one append search help to collective search help?
How can I create a new append search help?
Thanks in adv.

check the below link
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/1f/29ef5777df11d2959800a0c929b3c3/content.htm]
[Creating a new Search Help on a standard SAP table field?]

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Not able to pass parameters to append search help

Hi
I have created a new search help, when I am testing it, its working fine.
My requirement is to append this search help to an existing search help.
The problem is, after appending the parameters are not getting passed through the new search help tab.
The parameter assignment and all are done.
Kindly help me in this regard.
Thanks,
Pallavi.

look at how the other elementary search helps are set up within the collective...sounds like you have errors in your settings.

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I've implemented my own search help append and I need to make the F4 search help to display my tab as default for all users. I know that search help stores the last tab used by the user in memory and when user uses the search help next time the last used tab is displayed but I have to make the system display the tab od my search help append always as default tab. Any idea how to do it?
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Click on the append structure tab and opt to create new
structure.
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Append search help for MATNR

Hi Experts,
My requirement is i need to add new screen Tab in the Material Search help so that i can access that TAB in all F4 search help for all ECC screen where MATNR data element is being used.
Can you please give any idea how to do that.
Thanks.

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Step by step procedure of creation of Search help is required...

Hiii,
Can any one send me the detail step by step procedure for creation of Serach Help... like simple search help , collective search help and complex search help...
If possible send some exampless for creation of search help.
vamsii..

Search help is an object of the ABAP Dictionary with which input helps (F4 helps) can be defined.
You can create it in the Transaction Code SE11, choosing "Search Help" Radio-Button.
There are the following types of search helps:
Elementary search helps implement a search path for determining the possible entries.
Collective search helps contain several elementary search helps. A collective search help therefore provides several alternative search paths for possible entries.
Append search helps can be used to enhance collective search helps delivered by SAP with customer-specific search paths without requiring a modification.
Check step-by-step process for creating elementary search help.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/cf/21ee5f446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
Also check this thread.
what is the use of search helps? where can we creat it?
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Maha

Hi, tell me abt creation of search helps in detail

hi, tell me abt creation of search helps in detail

Hi
Search helps
Standard search help
Types of search helps
Concept of search help
Search Help Interface
Dialog behavior of search helps
Selection method for search helps
Performance of search helps
Attaching search helps
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.
creation of Elementary Search Help
Enter the search help name and click on create.
Choose elementary search help radio button option as the search help type.
Enter the search help parameters, the selection method and activate the search help.
Collective Search Help steps
Enter the search help name and click on create.
Choose Collective search help radio button option as the search help type.
Enter the search help parameters.
Note that there is no selection method to be entered for a collective search help.
Instead of the selection method, we enter the included
search helps for the collective search help.
We need to assign parameters for each of the included
search helps.
Complete the parameter assignment by clicking on the push button
Collective search help offers the user to obtain F4 help
using any of the included search helps.
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.
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 this case, the search help is only available for this screen.
OR by useing FM
refer this code
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 DESIGN***********************
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.
**********END OF SELECTION SCREEN DESIGN*****************
*********VALIDATION FOR SCREEN FIELDS********************
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.
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.
steps
Elementary Search Help
1) Goto SE11
Enter the search help name and click on create.
2)Choose elementary search help radio button option as the search help type.
3)Enter the search help parameters, the selection method and activate the search help.
Collective Search Help
1)Enter the search help name and click on create.
2)Choose Collective search help radio button option as the search help type.
3)Enter the search help parameters.
Note that there is no selection method to be entered for a collective search help.
4)Instead of the selection method, we enter the included
search helps for the collective search help.
5)We need to assign parameters for each of the included
search helps.
6)Complete the parameter assignment by clicking on the push button
7)Collective search help offers the user to obtain F4 help
using any of the included search helps.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee2b446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee5f446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ee86446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm

Search Help for ROUTE field in VA01

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I need help in assigning search help to ROUTE(VBAP-ROUTE) field in VA01 Transaction.Instead of standard F4 list I need a list of Routes from the Custom table which will be maintaned.This new F4 list has to be displayed based on order types...Means only for order type ZXXX it should show the new F4 List, for the rest of the ordertypes it should show the standard F4 List.
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Hi,
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Experts,
I have a requirement to create a separate tab in the standard collective search help that is triggered in F4 at the Material field in PO items for ME21N to add an additional search criterion for Materials by Material Group, there by reducing the number of material groups displayed.
Ex: ME21N -> F4 on Material -> Just like the tab "Material by Mat Group" on the collective search help, there has to be an extra tab for "Materials by non-taxable Material Groups".
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Hi,
GO TO SE11. Under Search help radio button enter the standard search help name MAT1.
From menu clicke on "Append Search Help (F5)" and enter a name ZAMAT1 (Match Code by Material and Material Group)
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MATNR               MATNR
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PLNTY               PLNTY
PLNNR               PLNNR
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I have created a custom zcustom search help and included in std search help SD_DEBI.
In the custom serach help i have added the fields ktokd and sales area fields(sales org, Disb channel, division).
now when i goto va01 transaction and hit F4 for sold to party i was able view the KTOKD and sales area fields in the custom tab
when i select the values from f4 help and hit enter they are not getting displayed in sold to party field.
when i select only sales area fields from f4 and press enter they are getting displayed in sold to party field.
problem is with the ktokd field that i have included.
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Hi deepti,
I think you have missed parameter assignment from your Z append search help to standard search help.
Select the search help and click on Param Assignment button and assign the refernece parameter(KUNNR) of your
append search help to std collective search help (KUNNR).
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Hello MM Experts,
We would like to search Vendors by Account Group. Surprisingly it appears that SAP has not provided a standard Search Help for this. I would think that a lot of SAP users would want this.
Does anyone know why SAP has not provided this search help in the standard system?
Would it be ok to go ahead and create one ourselves?
Can someone please give me some pointers on how to proceed with creation of this search help?
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Hi,
Go to any vendor field, press for selection (F4)......you get many search options there.
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Hi Experts,
I want to add one more elementary search help in already existing search help PRCT for tcode KE53.
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Hi,
No need to write a search help exit. You can instead give a database view in the selection method. This database view can be a join on the tables CEPC and CEPC_BUKRS.
Refer to the search help PRCTN which uses a database view as the selection method.
Since this is a standard search help, you will have to use append search help technique. Refer to this link for [enhancing the standard search help|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/1f/29ef5777df11d2959800a0c929b3c3/frameset.htm].
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Edited by: Advait Gode on Dec 30, 2008 9:45 AM

Qtn: I have 10 standard elementary search helps in collective standard search help, how to deactivate the 10th elementary search help?

Qtn: I have 10 standard elementary search helps in collective standard search help, how to deactivate the 10th elementary search help?

Hello,
this topic is still a problem for me, does anybody have an idea.
Just to show what's my problem:
Collective Search help KRED does include a SAP append-search help ASH_KRED which holds the elementary search helps KREDC, KREDE, KREDM, KREDW.
The search helps KREDE, KREDM, KREDW should not be displayed, so I added another Serach-Help-Append ZKRED_CUST at the end of CSH KRED which holds these 3 SH's with the hidden flag.
That works, the SH's are not shown anymore.
I also added some other of the Original SAP SH's (e.g. KREDA) with the hidden flag and added changed copies of these (e.g ZKREDA) there to be shown instead.
All this can be done modification free by appends.
The folders of the elementary search helps are shown in the order as they are found included in the KRED SH and the append to this SH.
This means that the not hidden Sh KREDC from ASH_KRED is shown before all the "custimized" ZKREDx -SH's. But we need this SH not very often, so that I want it to displayed al the right-most position of the folders of SH's or at the most down postition of the drop-down-selection of SH's.
But I have not found any way to do this modification free.
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But I want avoid this modification.
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i am trying to include search help for MM03 trasaction based on MATKL(material group) WGBEZ (description) in the form of alv tree display.
Fuctionality i want to achive is :
1. after pressing F4 on MM03, it prompts to select material group screen, on pressing F4 on material group, now i am able to get the ALV tree display of all the materials and description based on the selection screen criterion.
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when i press enter, it is again going to ALV tree display only and values arent getting refreshed.
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Hi joydeep mazumder ,
This is the work of the ABAPer, pls ask them to do it.
Anyway here is the way ...
You can use append search help to add a new search help to an existing standard sap search help..
Pls have a look at this....
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/4c/ab0d79e5ce11d295f900a0c929b3c3/content.htm
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if we pass OTYPE = i3 it will come.. but as per function module
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I checked in SE11 "KOMB" the field "KVGR2" it is there and it is standard and no need to maintain
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i m new to abap.
my pp consultant wants that in transaction MM03, for the field on selection screen (Material) one more search help should be added. and on pressing f4 it should be displayed there with other search options.
The search field is "(Document)-Number of the drawing that exists for this object".
Note: To see this field run transaction MM03, enter a material and press enter then we get a screen to choose a view. choose basic data2. In the block "design drawing" there is a field for "Document".
is it possible? if yes how much time it would take and to do it.
how should i go about it.
plz help.

Hi ANNIE,
Go through the following Procedure to add a Search help to a field of standard Transaction
The Matchcode is replaced by search help from the version 4.6C.
I will tell u how create the search help.
Name of a search help
A search help is an object of the ABAP Dictionary with which input helps
(F4 helps) can be defined.
There are the following types of search helps:
o Elementary search helps implement a search path for determining the
possible entries.
o Collective search helps contain several elementary search helps. A
collective search help therefore provides several alternative search
paths for possible entries.
o Append search helps can be used to enhance collective search helps
delivered by SAP with customer-specific search paths without
requiring a modification.
The three components of the input help process described by a search
help are the outer interface, the online behavior and the method of data
Go to Tcode SE11. Select the search help radio button.
Give name as ztest and click create
There are two types of search help.
Once is elementary search help
& collective search help
Choose one.
Add the data element.
MatchCode is replaced by search helps.
To attach a search help to a field.
Use this code.
at selection-screen on value-request for source.
progname = sy-repid.
dynnum = sy-dynnr.
clear value_tab.
refresh value_tab.
Filling the Value_tab internal table by itab2 internal table.
loop at itab_desc.
write itab_desc-description to value_tab.
append value_tab.
endloop.
prog = sy-repid.
no = 1000.
clear tab.
refresh tab.
Building the Structure of the Seach Help.
tab-tabname = 'FMFCTRT'.
tab-fieldname = 'BESCHR'.
collect tab.
Function Used to provide Search Help.
call function 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST'
EXPORTING
retfield = 'BESCHR'
dynpprog = prog
dynpnr = no
dynprofield = 'SOURCE'
window_title = 'Function'
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value_tab = value_tab
field_tab = tab.
Regards
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