This will show you a list of nearly all (5000, which is the maximum SAP will allow for search results) of
the customers that are defined in the system.
Ensure that the “Customers (general)” tab is selected at the top.
Notice that the many diferent tabs are diferent ways of giving search criteria.
You can scroll through
them using the arrow buttons at the top right.
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Click the drop-down bar near the top of the screen to show the search menu.
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Enter the following information:
Attribute
Description
Data Value
Search Term
Predefined in the system.
0##
Maximum No. of Hits
Restrict Length of List
500
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Leave all the other fields blank and click start search
.
This will show you a list of every customer associated with your identifier. This is a specific design of GBI.
Every one of your customers, when they were created in the system, was assigned a three-digit search
term that corresponds to your identifier, thus you entered 0## in the “search term” field.
This will also
work with vendors in future assignments.
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Click the search bar near the top of the screen to show the search menu.
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Click the button at the very top right corner of that looks like this:
.
This menu allows you to use other methods of searching for what you want.
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Choose the
“Customers (by company code).”
tab.
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You can accomplish the same result by navigating to whichever tab you want by using the arrow
buttons
.
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In the
“Customer Account Number”
pop-up, enter the following information:
Attribute
Description
Data Value
Company Code
An organizational unit within financial accounting
US00
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Click Enter
.
This will show you a list of all (limited to 500) of the customers associated with the US00 company
code.
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Click the search bar near the top of the screen to display the search menu.
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Clear the information in the
“Company Code”
field.
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In the
“Customer Account Number”
screen, enter the following information:
Attribute
Description
Data Value
Customer
Gives an alphanumeric key, which clearly identifies the customer or
vendor in the SAP system.
*000
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Click start search
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The asterisk symbol represents a wild card, meaning anything can be before 0##.
This will show you a
list of every customer that has a customer number ending in your identifier.
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Why would someone use the “*” in a search?
Now that you know the various methods of searching, try using other criteria and exploring diferent
searching methods to familiarize yourself with the system.
Before this step, you accessed the “Customer Balance Display” screen by navigating through the menu
path and using a transaction code. In this step, you will learn how to use the SAP search menu. The
search menu enables you to find a specific page by searching key words.
