Global
Global Value Help
Global value help entities available across all OData services using the framework.
The global value help is a shared entity that provides search/value help data for properties across all OData services that use this framework. It is implemented in the ZCL_ODATA_VALUE_HELP class.
How It Works
When a property in the customizing has a value in the search help column, the framework automatically generates a value help entity. Every value help entity exposes the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
search_help | The search help identifier |
value | The actual value |
description | A human-readable description of the value |
Value Help Types
The framework supports several types of value helps, all configured through the customizing:
- Fixed domain values — Values from an ABAP domain's fixed values
- Table-based values — Values read from a database table
- Table with where condition — Table-based values with an additional filter
- Custom OData entity — Values from another OData entity
For detailed customizing instructions, see Define Search/Value Helps.
Global Availability
Value help entities are available in every OData service that uses the framework, regardless of the namespace. The entity name follows the pattern {searchHelpName}Set.