Search Help in Transactions PA20, PA30

Let’s dust off some mothball-covered pieces of useful information. Or at least what might seem useful. The search help in transactions PA20 and PA30 can be configured for user display — but with a few caveats. What follows is not so much a guide on how to configure what you need, but rather a discussion of those very caveats. That’s the author's somewhat intricate intention.

It’s no secret that in transactions PA20 and PA30, users have access to various employee search help options.

The search help options shown above are basic search helps, included in the comprehensive search help PREM.

See also the note: Creating a Search Help

Let’s get back to the point. Hypothetically, the standard SAP solution allows restricting available search help based on the MOL value in the user’s default settings. But there are caveats.

I brought up that hypothetical possibility for a reason. In the standard SAP solution, there’s a setting called NSHLP. With this setting, it appears you can configure which search helps are available to the user depending on the MOL value defined in the default settings of their master record.

But don’t waste time on this setting — unless you’re configuring a personnel administration solution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I’m not joking — it is exactly as written. Just read the help text for this setting, and despair will become your companion for the rest of the day.

Here’s an example in a short video clip:

ABAP!

Create an implementation for the BAdI HRPAD00_PREM.

Your implementation will be triggered when the search help is opened.

Go ahead, implement!