Indexing the Product Catalog from ERP to TREX (SAP Library - SAP CRM: Business Scenario and Business Process Configuration)

Indexing the Product Catalog from ERP to TREX

Use

You index your product catalog, from your ERP server to the TREX server, using an ABAP Report. Indexing your catalog to the TREX server enables you to enhance search functionality and scalability and improve system performance for your customers.

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Prerequisites

● You are using ISA ERP 5.0 with TREX Version 7.0.

● You have configured a Search Server Relation in Customizing for Cross-Application Components ® Document Management ® Document Search on the Internet (Internet Transactions Server) ® Set Up Search Engine Index ( transaction SRMO).

Procedure

You use the transaction ISA_CAT_REPLICATION (ABAP Report ISA_CATALOG_REPLICATION) to index product catalogs from your SAP ERP server to a TREX server.

The following parameters can be set when indexing a catalog:

Parameter	Remarks
Catalog ID^*	The catalog to be indexed.
Variant ID^*	The catalog variant to be indexed.
Search Server Relation^*	The Search Server Relation you configured in transaction SRMO.
Package size for documents^*	The parameter refers to the number of catalog items and defines the maximum package size that will be indexed to the TREX. If a catalog contains more items then defined with this parameter several packages will be indexed. You can usually execute the indexing with the default value 1000 for this parameter. If you however work with very large product catalogs or if you experience performance problems, please check SAP Note 837119 for further information.
Read items area-wise	Setting this flag limits the catalog items to be cached in main memory before indexing them to TREX to single catalog areas. You can usually execute the indexing without flagging this option which is also the default setting. If you however experience performance problems or memory problems, please check SAP Note 837119 for further information.
Country for price formatting	The number formatting of prices will be read from the country settings of the country you are specifying with this parameter. At the same time this parameter specifies the fiscal departure country when the parameter Support IPC Pricing is flagged.
Max. no. of indices per var.	This parameter specifies the number of catalog indices on the TREX. Only one index will be valid at a time. Choosing a value greater then one may allow to recover a previously indexed catalog. For more information, see SAP Note 837119.
Log level	This parameter specifies the detail of information that will be written to the application log when indexing a catalog.
Read long texts	This flag can be unchecked if no long texts should be displayed for products and catalog areas in the web shop. Unchecking this flag can increase performance during catalog indexing and can save memory on the TREX server.

* mandatory parameter

Activities

For large catalogs you may wish to excute the indexing in the background. If you do, choose Program ® Background.

The indexing result is entered by the system in the application log. The system automatically displays the application log after each indexing when executing the indexing online. You can also display the application log in the SAP ERP system in transaction SLG1, object: ISA Replication.