SAP ABAP Data Element VLC_SEARCHMODE (Search Mode for Configuration Data)
Hierarchy
ECC-DIMP (Software Component) DIMP
   IS-A-VMS (Application Component) Vehicle Management System
     ISAUTO_VLC (Package) Vehicle Management System (VMS)
Basic Data
Data Element VLC_SEARCHMODE
Short Description Search Mode for Configuration Data  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type VLC_SEARCHMODE    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
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 Mode 
Medium 20 Searchmode 
Long 20 Searchmode 
Heading 20 Searchmode 
Documentation

Definition

Defines how the characteristic values that have been entered in the configuration search view are handled during the vehicle search. This flag only has an influence on multi-value characteristics. Single value characteristics are not taken into account.

Possible values for the search mode are:

Initial: the search is executed by combining characteristic values of multi-value characteristics with an OR operator.

E: the search is executed in exact mode.

A: the search is executed by combining characteristic values of multi-value characteristics with an AND operator.

Use

Dependencies

Important Note:

Since both the exact search an the search with AND work as a filter, the use of this function has an impact on search performance. When searching for vehicles that have characteristic value A and B assigned to a multi-value characteristic, the search first searches for those vehicles that have either A or B and only afterwards will it then filter off those vehicles that do not have both. Filtering the configuration of all vehicles has to be read from the database, which can be time-consuming if a large number of vehicles is found.

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050301 
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