Product Catalog Indexing

This function enables you to index product catalog data, for example, products, texts, and pictures, to the TREX index server, so that the catalog can be displayed in the Web shop.

You can index content from all or individual product catalog variants of a catalog, and for all, or only changed data.

Note Note

Catalog indexing was previously known as catalog replication in earlier releases of the CRM product catalog documentation.

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Prerequisites

You have activated your product catalog, variant, areas, and items.

Features

Initial Indexing

When you first index a catalog variant to the index server, you must perform an initial indexing. This means that all content in the catalog variant is indexed.

Note Note

You must make sure all variants, areas and items are activated, otherwise the indexing will not work.

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You set up an initial indexing direct from the catalog in SAP CRM. You can define the following data for initial indexing:

Page Area	Field	Explanation	Mandatory/Optional
General Data	Product Catalog	Catalog to be indexed.	Mandatory (automatically filled)
	Search Server ID	Search server, defined by your system administrator.	Mandatory
	Catalog Variant From	Enables specific catalog variant indexing. If you want to index all catalog variants, leave blank.	Optional
	Catalog Variant To	Enables specific catalog variant indexing. If you want to index all catalog variants, leave blank.	Optional
Run Parameters	Publishing Computer ID	Contains all data required for publishing documents from the product catalog onto a Web server (multimedia objects, texts).	Optional
	Parallel Processing	Allows documents to be published while indexing is taking place.	Optional
	Publish Documents via HTTP	Enables document publishing by HTTP rather than FTP.	Optional
	Transfer Document Content	Multimedia objects, documents, and texts are indexed along with catalog items.	Optional
	Package Size For Indexing	Determines the number of documents processed before indexing takes place.	Mandatory
Behavior When Error Messages Occur	Cancel Variant Indexing	Stops catalog variant indexing if errors occur.	Optional
	Continue with S-Index Errors	Indexing continues even if errors occur.	Optional
Processing Of Existing Indexes	Overwrite Only If OK	Overwrite indexes only if the indexing has run successfully.	Optional
	Force Overwriting	Overwrite indexes even if errors have occurred during indexing.	Optional

Delta Indexing

You can perform a delta indexing to index any changes to the index server that make to your catalog after initial indexing takes place. By only indexing changes, you save on runtime and performance issues.

You set up delta indexing directly from the catalog in SAP CRM. You can define the following data for the delta indexing:

Page Area	Field	Explanation	Mandatory/Optional
General Data	Product Catalog	Catalog to be indexed.	Mandatory (automatically filled)
	Catalog Variant From	Enables specific catalog variant indexing. If you want to index all catalog variants, leave blank.	Optional
	Catalog Variant To	Enables specific catalog variant indexing. If you want to index all catalog variants, leave blank.	Optional
Run Parameters	Package Size For Indexing	Determines the number of documents processed before indexing takes place.	Mandatory
	Publish Documents via HTTP	Enables document publishing by HTTP rather than FTP.	Optional
	Transfer Document Content	Multimedia objects, documents, and texts are indexed along with catalog items.	Optional

Activities

After indexing is complete, the system creates a log of the indexing results in the catalog maintenance area in SAP CRM. The system displays whether indexing was successful or not, and, if not, provides information on errors that occurred.