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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

FND_SOMI_DS

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP Enhancement package 7 Support Package 02

Technical Usage

All

Application Component

CA-EPT-SMI (abbreviation)

Required Business Function

Not relevant

You can use this business function to:

  • Default entries for defining data provider

  • Customizing of DataSift search queries

Features

Activating Default Entries

If the business function is switched on, you can navigate to the customizing activity under Social Intelligence -> Basic Settings to view the default entries for the activity Define Data Providers. This contains the default entries for:

  • DataSift as a data provider

  • Facebook and Twitter as inactive social media channels

  • Facebook and Twitter as channels not allowed for querying for social data harvesting

Based on your agreement with DataSift to enable querying from any of these social media channels (Facebook, Twitter) the following settings should be activated under Customizing under Social Intelligence->Basic Settings:

Navigate to the activity Define Data Providers and perform the following steps:

  1. Execute the customizing activity Define Data Providers.

  2. Under the Dialog Structure, double-click Social Media Channels.

  3. Double-click the selected social media channel for example, Facebook

  4. For the selected social media channel select the Channel is Active checkbox.

  5. Under the Dialog Structure, double-click Data Providers.

  6. Select the data provider DataSift.

  7. Under the Dialog Structure, double-click Permitted Channels for Data Provider.

  8. Select the Allowed for Query checkbox.

These customizing settings are mandatory to be performed to use the social data harvesting connectors for DataSift. For more information refer to SAP Release Note 1885907 (Release Information Note: SAP SOMI DS CONT 1.0)

Configuring the Search Terms

For harvesting social data from DataSift, you must configure the search settings in Customizing under Social Intelligence -> DataSift Configuration ->Configuring Search Queries for Data Harvesting.

Disclaimer Proposal by SAP Legal

The use of information originating from social networks and other data sources must be checked in the individual case against the background of all applicable laws and regulations (for example, on data protection) and individual rules (for example, for the relevant data source). SAP does not accept any liability for the use of the application by its customers.