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The search strategy defines how the system performs a search for objects on the database where the object data is stored.

Depending on whether you use an SAP HANA database or not, the available search functions differ.

Search strategies are defined in Customizing as sequences of functions for the purpose Search Functions FDH_SEARCH. The functions define which object attributes can be used as search criteria and which operators are available.

Prerequisites

You define search sequences in Customizing for Cross-Application Components under   Demand Data Foundation   Data Harmonization   Technical Settings   Define Sequences for Data Harmonization  .

Features

In the standard system the following search strategies are defined:

  • Default search (All Attributes) for the object types Product and Location

    This search finds objects using the standard search on the database.

  • Fuzzy-Enabled Search for the object types Product and Location

    With this search strategy you can use the fuzzy search for text-like attributes by choosing the operator contains.

    The fuzzy search also finds similar words or phrases and can therefore cope with spelling mistakes, for example.

    For all other attributes that are not text-like and all other operators the default search is performed.

  • Search Work Items by Object Attributes for the object type Work Item

    This search finds work items that exist for objects with the specified object attribute. It is only available on user interfaces that contain work items.

  • Search Including Data Delivery Agreement allows to use a data delivery agreement as search criterion instead of the attributes Data Provider, Data Origin and Context.