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You use this function to search for supplier catalog products lacking a material number using the Enhanced Material Search user interface. Supplier catalog products require a separate search index.

For more information about the Enhanced Material Search function, see Enhanced Material Search.

Prerequisites

  • You have selected a search engine to support this function. For more information about how to select and set up one of the two support search engines, see Configuring the Search Engine Service or Configuring SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search.

  • To support the usage of keywords in a catalog search, you have activated a BAdI implementation in Customizing for Logistics — General by choosing   Material Master   Enhanced Material Search with Material Creation   Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins   Business Add-Ins for Keywords   BAdI: Follow-Up Action for Keyword Assignment  . This implementation will create change pointers for the delta update of the WSD_CAT business object to fetch keyword changes in the Keyword Maintenance transaction (WSD_KEYWORD).

Features

  • Search for supplier catalog products and view search results in exactly the same way as standard materials using the Enhanced Material Search function (but using a separate search index).

  • Create materials using a supplier catalog product found during a catalog search.

  • Create keywords to help you find supplier products lacking any descriptive text.

  • Perform an existence check to avoid the creation of duplicate materials from results of a catalog search. An existence check looks for identical combinations of vendors/vendor material numbers in the purchasing info records. When a search result has an existing purchasing information record, the corresponding material data is displayed with prices and stock information for the particular search result.