Search Functions

Use

The system includes options for finding documents if you do not know the document key or only know part of the key.

Features

Search Criteria

You can use known data for the document search function that is either directly related to the document info record or comes from the environment of the document. This data is known as selection criteria.

The following data will lead to a quick result in the document search:

Data from the document info record
Characteristic values from the class that was used to classify the document
Key data of an object that is linked to the document
Text elements from short or long texts
Key data of a document from the document hierarchy
Signature data

Note
You can also set up the document browser for your document search (see Enhanced Document Search ).

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Options for Finding a Document

The search function you choose depends on the known document data. The following table shows which known document data you can use for which functions for finding documents.

If you know the following data…	Then search using...
Data from the document info record Characteristic values from the class that was used to classify the document Key data of an object that is linked to the document Text element s	The find document function
Key data of a linked SAP object from the PLM area	The product structure browser
Key data of any document from the document hierarchy	The explosion of links between documents
Signature data	The digital signature

Note Note

You can also use the Internet to search for documents.

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