Using the Search and Analytics Modeler

Use

The search and analytics modeler allows you to extend the search object connector models provided by SAP to meet your requirements. You can also create new models to connect additional search objects to your search. To create models for additional search objects, import the metadata and model the corresponding search BO object according to your requirements.

You access the modeler through the Administration Cockpit.

Structure

The modeler overview screen has the following layout:

The control bar and the overview are always displayed. The details area is only displayed once you select a model in the overview area.

Language Control

In the Model Language field, you can select the language in which language-specific content in model fields is to be displayed and maintained.

Control Bar

This section contains the buttons for executing the following actions:

Pushbutton/Command	Function
Import	You use this button to import models and software components from a SAP Business Suite application.
Create	You use this button to create a new search object connector model.
Copy	You use this button to copy an existing search object connector model. The button is active when you select a search object connector model in the overview area.
Display	You use this button to open an existing search object connector model in write-protect mode in the roadmap. You cannot change the model.
Edit	You use this button to change an existing search object connector model. This can be a model that you have created or a model delivered by SAP. The button is active only when you select a search object connector model in the overview area.
Delete	You use this button to delete an existing search object connector model. This button is active when you select a search object connector model that you have created or changed.
Software Components	This button opens a dialog in which you can define and embed software components. Define Software Components This button opens a dialog in which you can create and delete software components. Software components are used to organize models. Embed Software Components Select the software component in which you want to embed further software components and their models and choose this pushbutton. In the selection dialog, choose the software component to include. The chosen software components are added to your software component as a copy with all properties. Properties that you have not set in the original version can be set in the copy. Properties that you have set in the original version cannot be changed in the copy. If changes are made to the original version , these are transferred to all included copies. Changes to a copy apply only to that copy, not to the original version or other copies.
Actions	Includes the commands listed in the table below.
Display Authorization Model	You can use this link to show or hide authorization models in the overview area. Once you have shown them, you can change the authorization models, for example.
Search Field and Search	Enter the name or part of the name of a software component or a model in the search field to go more quickly to the required object.
Administration Cockpit	This link takes you to the administration cockpit.

The Actions button contains the following entries:

Action	Function
Display Models	This view is active by default. Here, you can change content. If you have selected the action Display Inactive Connectors or Display Active Connectors, you can choose this action to return to the default view.
Display Inactive Connectors	Shows objects that are currently not used by active search object connectors. This view is read-only. You can check the status of search object connectors in the administration cockpit.
Display Active Connectors	Shows objects that are currently used by active search object connectors. This view is read-only. You can check the status of search object connectors in the administration cockpit.
Copy Software Component	This pushbutton is available only in a system with a customizing client. You use this function to generate a copy of a software component and transfer it to other clients.
Resolve Conflicts	More information: Resolving Naming Conflicts
Create Classification Model	Note This function is available for SAP Business Suite applications to allow them to implement the classification search. You can use this command to generate the models that TREX requires for a classification search. Specify the following parameters: Model Name: Specify a name for the classification model. Model to Be Classified: Choose the model to be classified. Node to Be Classified: Choose the node to be classified for the selected model. Key Attribute: Choose the attribute that contains the key for the object to be classified. To create the classification model, choose OK. The system then creates the technical models that TREX requires (classification model and, if they do not already exist, property model and property-data-type model).
Create Connector	You use this button to create a new search object connector model.
Display Switch Assignments	This function is available only for SAP and is part of the SAP Switch Framework.

Overview Area

The Overview area contains the following columns:

Selection column

Click the relevant row in this column to select a software component or search object connector model.
Software Component/Model

This column displays the available search object connector models sorted by product version.

The available models in a software component are displayed in a tree-like structure. To see the models that belong to a specific software component, you must expand the corresponding nodes by clicking them.
Description

In this column, you can enter descriptions for the models you create. Click into the field in the relevant row and enter your description. The description of a software component can be changed in the software component dialog.
Type

In this column, you can see whether the row refers to a software component or search object connector model. You can display the following models: Models for business objects, models for technical objects, models for authorization objects, and virtual models. The fields of the column are read-only.

Name in Back End:

This column contains the name of the model as used in the back-end system.
Switched

Specifies whether or not a model with the Switch Assignment function has been activated using the SAP Switch Framework.

Note

The modeler is subject to authorization checks at the software component level and search object connector model level. If you log on with limited access rights, the overview area may not contain any entries or may automatically switch to display mode.

Details Area

The Details area contains the following columns:

Node

This column displays the available nodes of the model.
Node Description

This column displays the node descriptions, if available.
Assignment

This column displays the foreign keys, if there are relations to other models.

Modeling Roadmap

Once you select a created model and choose Change, the display changes to show a roadmap for modeling the model. You can save your settings at various points within this roadmap. This allows you to stop working on a current modeling project and resume work later.

While working through the steps in the roadmap, the following buttons are available for navigation:

Previous: If you choose Back, you go to the previous step in the roadmap. The settings made in the current step are retained, but not saved to the database.
Next: If you choose Next, you go to the next step in the roadmap. The settings made in the current step are retained, but not saved to the database.
Cancel: Choosing Cancel discards the changes you have made since you last chose Save and takes you back to the modeler entry screen or to the administration cockpit.
Finish: Choosing Finish saves your entries and takes you back to the modeler entry screen or to the administration cockpit.
Save: Choosing Save saves your entries in the database and you stay on the current screen.