Enterprise Search 7.0
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Technical Data
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New |
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Software Component · Component: BC-EIM-ESH (Enterprise Search Hub) · Release: 7.0 · Support Package: 00 |
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BC-EIM-ESH (Enterprise Search Hub) |
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Valid for all countries |
Use
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. The search results are checked for authorization and allow direct access to associated applications and actions.
Delivery
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search requires its own licence which has to be purchased separately from the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search is delivered as an appliance on a dedicated 64–bit Linux system in cooperation with SAP hardware partners. The software is preinstalled and preconfigured on the delivered hardware. No other software must be installed on the Enterprise Search hardware.
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search is also defined as an IT Scenario: IT Scenario Enterprise Search.
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search comes with predefined templates for connecting search providers quickly to Enterprise Search. For a complete list of the delivered templates, see Search Object Connector Templates.
This is the ramp-up release of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search (27 August 2007— 29 February 2008).
Support messages during ramp-up:
When writing messages to SAP Support during the ramp-up phase, please use the following prefix in front of the subject of each support message:
RUNWES70
Support messages with this prefix are handled with priority.
Technical System Landscape
The Enterprise Search technical system landscape varies depending on the customer requirements. Basically, you can operate an entry-level, low-end Enterprise Search appliance on a single host, or you can have a multiple-blade system.
You can connect the following search providers to Enterprise Search:
· SAP ERP 2005 (business object search)
· SAP R/3 (business object search)
· SAP BI (metadata search)
· SAP MDM (keyword search)
· File servers and Web servers (document search)
· SAP KM (document search)
· Web services (WSDL)
For a detailed view of the Enterprise Search Architecture, see Enterprise Search Architecture under Introducing Enterprise Search in the Enterprise Search Documentation Center at http://service.sap.com/nwes70
User Interface
The Search UI is based on Java WebDynPro and is prepared for other channels. The following languages are supported in this release:
● English
● German
● French
Enterprise Search supports searching data in all
languages supported by Search and Classification (TREX). For a list of these
languages, see
Supported
Languages.
The Search UI offers the following main functions:
● Searching with keywords and search categories
● Refinement and filtering of search results
● Navigation to related information within the Search UI
● Direct navigation into the associated applications
● Configurable areas for displaying the search results
Extension Capabilities
● Template creation
Most connectors described above are based on connector templates which can be instantiated and thus can be used as basis for new connectors.
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search allows you to create your own templates so that you can standardize the connection of additional search objects of a specific type.
● BO modeling
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search provides the tools to model search access to additional ERP and R/3 business objects, even if the objects contain customer-specific modifications.
● WSDL
Web services that comply to WSDL, provided internally or externally, can be connected for two different purposes:
¡ Serve as an additional search provider
¡ Provide related information to a previous search result