Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-DWB-UTL-BRR (Application Component) Repository Browser⤷
SEU (Package) ABAP Workbench
Basic Data
| Data Element | EDSMETHOD |
| Short Description | Method for global search |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CHAR8 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 8 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 8 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Method |
| Medium | 15 | Search method |
| Long | 20 | Search method |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
Search method for global search and where-used list
a) Any search area:
STRING --> Find <FINDSTRING> as any sub-string
WORD --> Find <FINDSTRING> as a word
LITERAL --> Find '<FINDSTRING>'
(specify FINDSTRING without quotation marks )
b) Programs/INCLUDEs search area:
FORM --> Find PERFORM <FINDSTRING> calls
STATUS --> Find SET PF-STATUS '<FINDSTRING>' statement
TITLE --> Find SET TITLEBAR '<FINDSTRING>' statement
SCREEN --> Find CALL SCREEN <FINDSTRING> and
SET SCREEN <FINDSTRING> statements
and next screen = <FINDSTRING> in screen attr.
MSGNO --> Find usage of message <FINDSTRING>+2(3) from
the message class <FINDSTRING>(2)
MSGID --> Find usage of message class <FINDSTRING>
DATA (data field) / FSYMB (field symbol) / TABLE (int. table) /
PARAM (FORM parameter) / TABPAR (TABLES parameter of a FORM) /
SOPT (select-option)
--> Find <FINDSTRING> as word
(only different title line of hit list)
If OBJECTTYPE = R no search performed in FORM
routines containing a local field or a formal
parameter with the same name.
c) Screen search area:
PAI --> Find PAI module calls in flow logic
PBO --> Find PBO module calls in flow logic
d) Search area determined from index tables CROSS / TINCL /D010B:
** OBJECTTYPE, DYNPRO_PART and OBJECTTYPE are irrelevant.
FUNC --> Find CALL FUNCTION '<FINDSTRING>' calls
CUSTFUNC--> Find CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION '<FSTRING>' calls
DIAL --> Find CALL DIALOG '<FINDSTRING>' calls
TRANS --> Find CALL TRANSACTION '<FINDSTRING>' calls
REPORT --> Find SUBMIT <FINDSTRING> calls
INCL --> Find INCLUDE <FINDSTRING> statement
DDICTAB --> Find TABLES <FINDSTRING> statement
AUTHORIT--> Find AUTHORITY-CHECK OBJECT '<FSTRING>' statement
SGPARAM --> Find SET / GET PARAMETER ID '<FSTRING>' statement
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19950209 |
| SAP Release Created in | 740 |
