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Prerequisites

You have configured a connection to a Solution Composer system.

More information: Configuring Connections to Solution Composer Systems

Context

You use Search Console to search for enterprise services in Solution Composer systems to which you have created connections. This procedure enables you to define various search criteria and browse services. The procedure also allows you to configure how the result of your search is displayed. To provide easier navigation in the results you can group the discovered services by the business object or the process component in which they appear.

Procedure

  1. Open the Search Console view. Choose Start of the navigation path Window Next navigation step Show View Next navigation step Other Next navigation step Search Console Next navigation step Search Console End of the navigation path.
  2. In the Search for dropdown menu, choose Enterprise Service .
  3. In the Search in area, choose a system in which you want to search for service interfaces.

    Information about the systems that are displayed in this area is taken from the system connections which you established in the Preferences window. At this stage, you can establish connections to other systems by choosing Manage Destinations .

  4. In the Find field, enter a search string.

    Optionally you can choose an object in which you want to perform a search. The system allows you to search in the business and technical names or in the documentation of the service interface. To narrow the search objects, choose the button that is next to the Find field.

  5. In the Group by field, choose how you want to group the search result. The available options are:

    • Business Object

    • Flat list

    • Process Component

  6. Choose Search .

Results

The system displays all service interfaces and the corresponding operations that match the search criteria that you entered. The results are grouped according the grouping criteria that you used. You can find the URLs to the WSDL documents of the respective service operations in the Properties view of the operation.

As a next step, you can proceed with the following tasks:

  • Display related services to the service you discovered.

    To display related services, choose the operation of the service and then on its context menu, choose View Related Services .

  • Display service variants to the service you discovered.

    To display service variants, choose the operation of the service and then on its context menu, choose View Service Variants .

  • Open the WSDL document of the service in an editor.

    To open a WSDL document, choose the operation of the service and then on its context menu, choose Open WSDL in editor .

  • Download the WSDL document of the service to a development component on the workspace.

    More information: Importing Enterprise Services in the Workspace

  • Save the service or the service operation in the Search Favorites.

    For more information, see Adding Service Interfaces and Operations to Search Favorites .

  • Brows all service endpoints of a service interface you discovered.

    For more information, see Browsing Service Endpoints