Is there a way to send text as a parameter on Custom Menus?
I tried *, '*', "*"(directly, between single and double quotes.)
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How to use text as a parameter in Custom Menus?
+16Best answer by Chriswharton22
There is a better way to achieve this using external search.
as an example: ifsapf:frmAvailabilityPlanning?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=CONTRACT%3D{&CONTRACT}%26PART_NO%3D123456
If we break this down into the relevant elements:
- ifsapf:windowname?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=
- This sets the window name and the external search
- CONTRACT
- FIELD_NAME of the field on the destination screen
- %3D
- is the encoded value for the = sign
- {&CONTRACT}
- is the name of the field in the current screen where to take data from, inside braces (these characters are NOT encoded)
- %26
- is the encoded value for the & sign
- used to add a second parameter to the search
- PART_NO
- FIELD_NAME of the field on the destination screen
- %3D
- is the encoded value for the = sign
- 123456
- Is the fixed value of the part.
In your example it may be something like this
ifsapf:frmPurOrdPaymentSchedule_Cust?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=ORDER_NO%3D{&CF$_ORD}%26CHG_ORDER_NO%3D*
+16If there is no way. I will use a custom field to get the text.
+16I think it is a bad way. But, there isn't any other choice which we know.
you can try External search URL
+8There is a better way to achieve this using external search.
as an example: ifsapf:frmAvailabilityPlanning?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=CONTRACT%3D{&CONTRACT}%26PART_NO%3D123456
If we break this down into the relevant elements:
- ifsapf:windowname?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=
- This sets the window name and the external search
- CONTRACT
- FIELD_NAME of the field on the destination screen
- %3D
- is the encoded value for the = sign
- {&CONTRACT}
- is the name of the field in the current screen where to take data from, inside braces (these characters are NOT encoded)
- %26
- is the encoded value for the & sign
- used to add a second parameter to the search
- PART_NO
- FIELD_NAME of the field on the destination screen
- %3D
- is the encoded value for the = sign
- 123456
- Is the fixed value of the part.
In your example it may be something like this
ifsapf:frmPurOrdPaymentSchedule_Cust?EXTERNAL_SEARCH=ORDER_NO%3D{&CF$_ORD}%26CHG_ORDER_NO%3D*
+16Thank you for the detailed response. I think the same way. But, I did not know if I could pass a parameter from the custom menu. I will try it.
+16+8Happy to help,
it was driving me mad this week and it isnt well documented, hopefully this will help others too
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