SAP NW Enterprise Search

Getting Started with Search

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SAP NetWeaver search technologies provide a framework for enterprise-wide search solutions for
structured data (business objects) and unstructured data (documents). With data volumes rising fast,
pinpointing critical information can pose major challenges - particularly if the details you need reside in
business applications. Search is a fast and easy way to find information and data within your business
environment.
SAP NetWeaver provides search technology on three different architectural levels:

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search

Search Services in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP
Embedded Search for SAP Business Suite Applications
Search Engine Service

Search and Classification TREX and BWA (release-dependently exchangeable as the in-memory
engine)

Introducing SAP NetWeaver Enterprise

Search
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search is a search solution providing unified, comprehensive, and
secure real-time access to enterprise data and information from within and outside of a
company. The search returns both structured data (business objects) and unstructured data
(HTML files, presentations, documents) from SAP systems and other search providers and
allows direct access to the associated applications and actions.

Administration Guide
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Configuring SAP NetWeaver Enterprise

Search
After installation, you integrate SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search into your system
landscapy by configuring network setting, user authentication, and so on. In addition, you
configure basic settings for cross-system searching.

Prerequisites
You have installed SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search.
You have gathered the information required for the subsequent process steps. For more
information, see Before You Start.

Process
Carry out the following steps:
1.

Configure Enterprise Search for the customer network.

In this step, you connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to the SAP Message Server
and register the LDAP server in the ABAP system.

2.

Configure SAP Web Dispatcher to support SSL.

If you are using an SAP Web dispatcher for SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search, this step
configures the Web dispatcher to support secure communication using SSL.

3.

Configure user management.

In this step, you connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search by default to the central user
administration (CUA) in your customer landscape.
If you want to use the file search with authorization check with SAP NetWeaver Enterprise
Search, you must connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to the MS Active Directory
Server.

4.

Configure basic settings for searching.

In this step, you configure basic settings for cross-system searching, for example, the
search method, the merging of results, and the presentation of results.
5.

Optional: Configure logon with Single Sign-On.

In this step, you configure SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search for logon using Single SignOn.

6.

Optional: Configure the OSS destination for the SAP Note Assistant.
In this step, you configure SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to import SAP Notes using
the SAP Note Assistant.

7.

Optional: Integrate SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search in SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3.
If you are running an SAP Enterprise Portal in your company, you can use this step to
integrate the search function of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search into your portal.

8.

Optional: Configure the help center

In this step, you configure your system so that users can display SAP documentation on
the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search UIs and include their own documentation.