This document discusses online help and documentation functions in SAP. It describes how to create and view documentation for data elements, including data element documentation displayed for all related fields when F1 is pressed and optional supplemental documentation specific to each screen. It also mentions documenting tables, structures and domains, and storing data element supplements and their references in table THLPF.

1. Online Help & Documentation
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2. Objectives
• The participants will be able to:
– View the Documentation for Dictionary Objects.
– Use the F1 and F4 Help functions.
– Describe how to create data element
documentation/supplemental documentation.
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3. Online Help & Documentation
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F4: Possible
Input Values
F1: Field Help
DE doc.
DE supp. doc.
Other
documentation:
Tables
Structures
Domains

4. Data Element Documentation
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 Data element documentation is displayed for all fields which refer to the data
element.
 Data element supplemental documentation reflects screen-specific information for
an input field.
 When the user hits the F1 key, both data element documentation and data
element supplemental documentation is displayed (if each is maintained).

5. Creating Data Element Documentation
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1. Transaction
SE61
2. Enter the Data
Element Name
4. Enter appropriate
Documentation
3. Click Create
5. Save

6. Demonstration
• Creation of documentation for a Data
Element.
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7. Practice
• Creation of documentation for a Data
Element.
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8. Table THLPF
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Program
Screen
Table/field
No entry
necessary
DE Supplement
number
 Data element supplements, along with their program, screen, and table/field
references, are contained in table THLPF.

9. Creating Primary and Secondary
Documentation
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10. Summary
• Documentation can be created for Tables/structures,
Domains & Data Elements.
• Data element documentation is displayed for all fields
which refer to the data
element.
• Data element supplemental documentation reflects screen-
specific information for an input field.
• When the user hits the F1 key, both data element
documentation and data element supplemental
documentation is displayed (if each is maintained).
• Data element supplements, along with their program,
screen, and table/field
references, are contained in table THLPF.
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11. Questions
• What documentation is displayed with the F1
function button ?
• What are the different ways Data element
documentation and data element
supplemental documentation ?
• What is displayed with the F4 function
button ?
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