Using a Different Matchcode
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Using a Different Matchcode
Sometimes, the Restrict Value Range dialog box doesn't list the field that you want to search with. If you need to get to the Selection of Search Methods dialog box again (to pick an alternate matchcode), click the New Search icon (see Figure 8.5).
Matchcode W is a great one to use for materials, because you can use it to show only the materials stocked at your plant. If you're seeing a lot of Material XXXXX not stocked at plant YYYYY messages, maybe this is the matchcode for you.
Figure 8.5. New Search takes you back to the Selection of Search Methods dialog box.
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Text Searching and Wildcards
SAP R/3 also allows you to search text fields by using wildcards . For example, if you don't know a product number for the material you need but do know it was something for a motor, you could use a wildcard to find the material code (see Figure 8.6).
Plain English
Wildcard
In poker, this is a card you can use to represent any card. In SAP R/3, a wildcard is a character you can use to represent any character or series of
To learn how to use a wildcard, follow these steps to find the material number for an unknown material:
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From the Selection of Search Method list dialog box appears (see Figure 8.6).
Figure 8.6. You use the wildcards in the Restrict Value Range dialog box.
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For the example described earlier, you want to look for all records that contain the word motor. Type *MOTOR* . (In general, type any word that corresponds to your company's list,
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Press Enter. SAP R/3 displays only those materials whose descriptions contain MOTOR (see Figure 8.7). Notice that the material code you used in Lesson 7 (1500-520 for 10-W-30 motor oil) appears on the list.
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Double-click the code to carry it back to the Create Purchase Requisition: Item Overview screen.
Figure 8.7. A "filtered" list.
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Other Ways of Searching
Although there may be many matchcodes for a single field, they all point to the same table of values. There are just different ways of searching that table. Some other ways of opening a matchcode list include the following:
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When your cursor is in the field for which you want a matchcode, press F4.
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Click the down arrow icon beside the field.
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Right-click
anywhere onscreen, and then select F4 Matchcodes from the displayed list.
In this lesson, you learned how to access and use matchcodes to help you find values for fields. In the
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Lesson 9. Displaying a Document
In this lesson, you learn how to look up and display a document directly with the document number and also by using matchcodes.
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User
Requirements for This Lesson
For this lesson, you need the number of the document you created in Lesson 8, "Using Matchcodes," and one of the following:
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A user
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A user name with authority to display another business document so that you can follow along
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Display Access Only?
Sometimes a user ID is authorized to view a type of business document but isn't authorized to create or change that type of document.
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