SAP ABAP Data Element EUI_B_SIM (Repository Info System: Find via similar objects)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DWB-TOO (Application Component) Workbench Tools: Editors, Painters, Modelers
     ⤷ SEUI (Package) Repository Information System
Basic Data
Data Element EUI_B_SIM
Short Description Repository Info System: Find via similar objects  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type EUI_C_BOX    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
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 0   
Medium 0   
Long 0   
Heading 0   
Documentation

Definition

On account of the volume of entity types, it is sometimes desirable to find entity types with similar short descriptions.

If the checkbox 'Only similar short descriptions' is NOT selected, the system searches in the Repository Information System as usual.

You can, for example, enter 'Material' as the short description to find the entity type 11027. Alternatively, you can specify 'Material*' as the short description to find all entity types which have short descriptions beginning with 'Material'. You can of course specify further criteria to restrict the search.

If the checkbox 'Only similar short descriptions' IS selected, the system performs the search in three steps:

  • The first step is the usual search (as described above).
  • In the second step, the system searches for all entity types which have short descriptions similar to the short description entered (see below). The other selection criteria are ignored.
  • In the third step, the entity types found in the first AND second steps are filtered out.

Similar short descriptions are those containing fragments which match. To verify this, the entered short description is broken down into these fragments. Fragments in this case are sequences of characters without special characters (e.g. hyphens, blanks, digits, commas, etc.).

Example: material-item-equipment-assignment is broken down into: material, item, equipment and assignment.

In the same way, the short descriptions of all entity types in the database are broken down. Then, the system checks whether there are any overlaps. If so, these are treated as 'similar'.

If you find either no entity types, or too few, with similar short descriptions, you can enter a slightly modified short description and restart the search.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19970221 
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