SAP ABAP Data Element WD_EXPLANATION_SOURCE_FLAG (Flag to Select the Explanation)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DWB-WD-ABA (Application Component) Web Screen Tools - ABAP
     ⤷ SWDP_DWB_TOOL_VIEWDESIGNER (Package) Web Dynpro View Designer
Basic Data
Data Element WD_EXPLANATION_SOURCE_FLAG
Short Description Flag to Select the Explanation  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type FLAG    
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 10 Flag 
Medium 15 Expl. Flag 
Long 20 Explanation Flag 
Heading 40 Flag to Select the Explanation 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies how the system determines a help text.

Use

You can choose from the following methods to determine the help text:

From the data element

With this method, the system determines the help text from a part of the data element. This allows you to reuse existing documentation.

You can only flag this field if there is a link to a data element, that is, a primary property of a UI element (such as the value (value) for an InputField), is bound to a context element that is typed with an ABAP dictionary field. You can therefore only use this function for InputFields and not for buttons, captions and the like.

  • Description

This help text is taken from the description in the data element's data dictionary entry. The description can contain up to 60 characters.

  • Content of keyblock &DEFINITION&

    The help text is taken from the data element documentation. The system uses the text from between the end of the Keyblock header (also chapter header) &DEFINITION& and the start of the next keyblock header. If the document does not contain any more keyblocks, the whole text below the keyblock header is displayed.

  • Content of keyblock &USE&

    The help text is taken from the data element documentation. The system uses the text from between the end of the Keyblock header &USE& and the start of the next keyblock header. If the document does not contain any more keyblocks, the whole text below the keyblock header is displayed.

    Notes

    The following notes apply both Content of Keyblock &DEFINITION & and Content of Keyblock &USE&::

    All formatting (paragraph formats, character formats) in the original text are ignored in the display.

    The length of the text is not limited. However, we do recommend keeping the text as short as possible (4-6 rows) in order to optimize legibility and usability.

    Prerequisite

    The keyblock header is listed with the standard symbol for text processing Definition or.Use The following keyblock is also defined by a >LS>standard symbol for text processing. It make no difference whether the standard symbol for text processing is in uppercase or lowercase. The table interprets the standard symbols for text processing DEFINITION and USE with table TTDTG. This contains the relevant language versions of the keyblock header.

    You can also flag the Display Reference to Complete Data Element Documentation field if you want to inform the user at the end of the help text that he/she can obtain further information in the complete data element documentation. The user can obtain the complete data element documentation by choosing Ctrl + F1 or by calling the context menu.

  • From an OTR alias

With this method, the system determines the help text from an alias in the Online Text Repository (OTR). This method allows you to reuse texts that have already been created in the OTR.

If you specify an ALIAS here that has not been used before, you can create a new text directly with an ALIAS. You can then reuse this text in other places. The system assigns the text to the package for the application.

From an individual OTR text (max. 255 characters)

With this method, the system determines the help text from an OTR text written specifically for this case. You can write this text directly in this dialog box. This text can have a maximum of 255 characters. An ALIAS is not created here, meaning that you cannot reuse this text.

Further notes

You can find more details in the SAP Library, in the Web Dynpro ABAP documentation, under Help Text.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
SAP Release Created in 710