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Fast increasing quantities of data can make it challenging to find crucial information, above all if the required details are in a business application. Search is a quick and easy solution to find information and data in your business environment.

The following SAP NetWeaver search technologies provide a framework for company-wide searching for structured data (business objects) and unstructured data (documents):

  • SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search

    SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search is a search solution offered by SAP as a standalone product, which provides uniform, complete, and secure real-time access to structured and unstructured business data and information. You can use the search to access external information if you integrate external search services.

  • Search Services in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP

    The search services in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) ABAP form a framework to search for business objects in SAP applications. The search services comprise the following components:

    • Embedded Search

      Applications use Embedded Search as the technology platform for basic searching for business objects using the TREX engine. Embedded Search is the Enterprise Search component in AS ABAP. In this context, the documentation for the applications may call it Enterprise Search (ABAP).

    • Search Engine Service

      You can use the search engine service (SES) to search for business objects in SAP applications (SAP ERP 6.0 or higher) using the TREX search engine.

  • Search and Classification TREX

    The SAP NetWeaver standalone engine Search and Classification TREX provides SAP applications with services for searching, classification, and text-mining of large document collections (unstructured data) as well as for searching in anad aggregation of business objects (structured data). TREX takes care of the indexing and provides the search technology for search solutions such as SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search and services such as the search engine service. As a SAP NetWeaver standalone engine, TREX is an important element of the search functions in SAP solutions. However, TREX is not licenced as a standalone product.