SAP Training: Finding Data With Search Help

SAP Training: Finding Data With Search Help

Much of the data in SAP R/3 is stored in records. A record is a collection of related information.

An everyday example of a record is an entry in a phone book. The entry, or record, consists of fields: a name, an address, and a telephone number.

Often you need to find a record because you want to know which value to enter in a field. In SAP R/3 you use Search help to find records.

Search help is a tool for finding records. It is made up of search terms that are arranged in a specific order.

For example, you want to update a customer master record, but you do not remember the customer account number. You can use the information that you know about the customer, such as name, city, or postal code, to search for the account number.

Information such as name, city, and postal code are search terms.

To find a field value for a field that has field entry searching:

Click the icon (or press F4). A Search help selection pop-up window appears.

This pop-up window lists the available entries for the field. If this window appears first, select an entry and double-click.