Hi Jack
One way would be to use BindElement in your code to set the context see JS Bin - OData BindElement example
var url = "http://services.odata.org/V3/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"; var oModel = new sap.ui.model.odata.ODataModel(url, true); sap.ui.getCore().setModel(oModel); var oSearchField= new sap.m.SearchField("sf1", { value: '{FirstName}', //Robert enabled: true, }).placeAt("content"); oSearchField.setModel(oModel); oSearchField.bindElement("/Employees(7)");
Else set it statically
var oSearchField= new sap.m.SearchField("sf1", { value: '{/Employees(7)/FirstName}', //Robert
Cheers
jps