F4 help in transaction/function script
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:10 am
Why does the F4 help not always work in recorded transaction script/ functional script?
Some transactions generate help search in runtime. This means that in their definition no association to search help can be found. Some BAPI definitions are not made correctly (their table structure definitions does not direct to any search helps).
Fortunately EasyInput allows manual correction of such a situation. In the Data worksheet (by default EI_Data) in the first row pairs table-field for each data column are stored. If missing or incorrect they can be manually set. The simplest way to get them is to search for a relevant field in any transaction and check field information F1 > Technical Information and search for the table name and fieldname, and at the end, put the TABLE-FIELDNAME in the first row of the data worksheet in the relevant column.
In case such a solution does not work (the pair table-field does not specify the search help) a search help can be stated directly in the column string in the first row like in the template TABLE-FIELD-SEARCHHELP.
Some transactions generate help search in runtime. This means that in their definition no association to search help can be found. Some BAPI definitions are not made correctly (their table structure definitions does not direct to any search helps).
Fortunately EasyInput allows manual correction of such a situation. In the Data worksheet (by default EI_Data) in the first row pairs table-field for each data column are stored. If missing or incorrect they can be manually set. The simplest way to get them is to search for a relevant field in any transaction and check field information F1 > Technical Information and search for the table name and fieldname, and at the end, put the TABLE-FIELDNAME in the first row of the data worksheet in the relevant column.
In case such a solution does not work (the pair table-field does not specify the search help) a search help can be stated directly in the column string in the first row like in the template TABLE-FIELD-SEARCHHELP.