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You use the Document Finder to find and display documents.

To display the Document Finder, choose the following in the SAP Easy Access menu: Document Finder: Find Stored Documents (transaction OA_FIND).

Features

The Document Finder is a generic search tool. It offers a uniform user interface and a framework for searching for documents. The search itself is realized by a document area. This open architecture means that the Document Finder has very flexible implementation. It can therefore search both for documents that are administrated by ArchiveLink, and documents that are administrated externally.

A document area groups documents together and determines which attributes can be used for searching for these documents (the index structure of the documents), in which system the search takes place, the layout of the hit list, and which activities are available in the context menu for the individual hits. These functions are implemented in a query class and a display class.

SAP supplies standard query classes for the following areas:

  • Search for ArchiveLink documents using technical attributes (also remotely using RFC)

  • Search for documents that are managed in the Document Management System (DMS)

  • Search for documents managed in external systems, for example, archive systems, as long as the external system supports the functions. (This is not a part of ArchiveLink certification).

SAP supplies a standard display class for displaying the hit list in a hierarchical tree display. For a description of the hit lists, see Using the Document Finder.

You can also implement your own query classes, and therefore carry out customer-specific adaptations. For more information, see Customizing for the Document Finder..

Activities

Start a search by selecting a document area. The Document Finder then generates a search template displaying all the documents in the chosen document area. You can search using any one of these attributes.

For more information, see Using the Document Finder.