Hierarchy
MDG_FND (Software Component) MDG Foundation⤷
CA-MDG-AF (Application Component) Application Framework⤷
USMD1 (Package) Master Data: Data Modeling
Basic Data
| Data Element | USMD_SEARCH_HLP |
| Short Description | Search Help |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | SHLPNAME | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 30 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 30 | |
| Value Table | DD30L |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | DD_SHLP | |
| Search Help: Parameters | SHLPNAME | |
| 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 | 15 | Search Help |
| Long | 20 | Search Help |
| Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
Specifies the name of a search help.
Use
In standard applications, search helps are linked to input fields. In forms of internal service requests (ISR), search helps are not taken into consideration for input fields.
When a search help is assigned to a field, the input help executes the search help instead of reading the data in the check table or the fixed values of the domain of the data element. Therefore, we recommend the use of search helps only as an exception.
You can only assign search helps for attributes, hierarchy attributes, and entity types of the storage and use types 1 with its own data element, 2 and 3 .
Dependencies
If different entity types have attributes or hierarchy attributes with the same name, you can either assign the same search help to all of these, or assign no search help at all.
The standard existence check does not take the search help into consideration. It checks only the contents of the check table or the fixed values of the domain of the data element. You can deactivate the standard existence check by setting the No Existence Check indicator.
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in | 605 |
