Searching for Transactions

You can search the menu folders by keywords for specific folders and transaction links by using the Find (Figure 5.4A) and Find again buttons (B) of the standard toolbar. Follow this procedure.

Procedure: Searching for a Transaction With Keywords

Step 1.	Click the Find button (A), or Hit the Ctrl + F keys on your keyboard.
Step 2.	The Search in menu tree popup screen appears (inset). Enter one or more keywords in the Find field (C). For this example, we entered purchase order. Select the In texts option (it should be preselected) so that the system searches the names of the transactions, not their transaction codes (D). Hit the Enter key on your keyboard. Figure 5.4. You can search for folders and transaction links with keywords via the Search in menu tree screen.
Step 3.	The system expands the menu folders and displays the first occurrence of the keywords (Figure 5.5A), which is highlighted. Click the Find again button (Figure 5.4B) or hit the Ctrl + G keys on your keyboard to locate the next occurrence of the keywords (Figure 5.5B). Continue until you find the folder or transaction link you are looking for.

You may wonder: Why are there multiple occurrences of keywords?

This reflects the integrated nature of the SAP modules. They are discrete building blocks of the system, like the bricks of a wall, but once they are hooked together, the boundaries between them disappear and you can communicate and move between them with great ease.

For instance, the transaction for creating purchase orders is a part of the Purchasing module, and thus you will find a link to its initial screen in that module's menu folders. However, warehouse operators, physical plant managers, administrative assistants, computer trainers, and many other business people need to order supplies, so there are also links to this same transaction in the Warehouse, Plant Maintenance, Human Resources, and Learning Management folders, among others.

Figure 5.5. The search starts at the top of the menu folder and progresses steadily downward each time you click the Find again button. The results of the first two searches with the keywords "purchase order" are shown in these two screen images.