Symptom
You start creating business document in ME21n or ME51n transaction. You expect that system displays search help values for the material and the material group fields:
This functionality is called "Type-ahead search".
Sometimes, users experience, that type-ahead search is not working, the system does not display values when typing into the material field.
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Environment
- Materials Management (MM)
- SAP ERP Central Component
- SAP ERP
- SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
- SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
- SAP S/4HANA
Product
Keywords
Fuzzy search, Search help, ME52N, PR, PO, ALV Grid control, table control, personal setting, F4 help, dropdown, purchase requisition, ME51N, Type-ahead search, ME21N, purchase order, item, overview, grid , KBA , MM-PUR-GF-F4 , Input Help , MM-PUR-REQ , Purchase Requisitions , MM-PUR-PO-GUI , Userinterface - Purchase Orders , MM-PUR-REQ-GUI , Userinterface - Purchase Requisitions , Problem
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