Implementing search Helps

SAP Search helps can be implemented in a variety of ways:

Add to Table field	Added via SE11: Place cursor on desired field within database and select menu path Goto->Search help->for field Effect: If field used to create screen field, search help will be called when user executes F4/drop down input help. All fields on screen will be populated if appropriate fields exist in search help and screen.
Add to Table	Added via SE11: Place cursor on desired field within database and select menu path Goto->Search help->for table
Add to Data element	Added via SE11: Select desired data element (double click), enter search help name and parameters in appropriate fields on screen. Will be applied to all fields associated with that data element
Add to Screen field	Added via screen painter: One of field attributes is search help. Will only populate the one screen field.
Add to Sel. screen parameter (MATCHCODE)	Added using 'matchcode' addition for parameters declaration: Search help name must be no more than 5 characters long. e.g. PARAMETER p_prog LIKE trdir-name MATCHCODE OBJECT zsh.

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