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 Back-End Server: Create Search Connectors for Apps

 

Fact sheets are based on search models located in the back-end system. Most data displayed in fact sheets originates from search models and is transferred to the front-end server using OData services.

To enable the use of a specific fact sheet, the underlying search model(s) must have been activated.

When activating a search model, a search connector is created. A connector is the runtime object corresponding to the search model. It is system-specific and client-specific.

The search models that need to be activated for your app are listed in the app-specific implementation information.

Prerequisites

The SAP Fiori search has been set up. For more information, see Setup of SAP Fiori Search.

Activities

Create the search connectors in transaction ESH_COCKPIT in your back-end system. For more information, see Setup of SAP Fiori Search.

Note Note

Note the following system behavior:

Search software components build a stack: On top of the basis component, different layers can be installed.

Search models can be available in different components: In their original component, but also in higher layer components (extension components).

Once you create a search connector in an extension component, all search models from the original component are transferred into the extension component. You will therefore no longer find the search models in the original component.

Example:

You have created a connector for a search model originating in search component SAPAPPLH. You have created the connector via component EAAPPLH, not via its original component SAPAPPLH.

From that moment on, all search models originating in component SAPAPPLH can only be found under the EAAPPLH node in transaction ESH_COCKPIT.

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