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Use

Users who are not SAP-literate can use this BSP application to find documents that are maintained in document management (SAP application component CA-DMS).

Features

Choose the link Find from the WebDocuments homepage.

Search Criteria

You can enter selection criteria before you start the search. By specifying search data, you can limit the results list as closely as possible to the documents that you need for the current processing situation.

You can find documents according to the following criteria:

  • Document data (such as key fields, administration data)

Note Note

Listed under the possible entries for the Document Type are the document types that can be used for processing in the Web interface (activity Define Document Type for Web Application ).

You can also enter a document type that is defined under the control data, even if no specific settings exist for it for processing in the Web interface. Documents of this document type are only listed in the results list. You cannot process these documents any further.

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  • Class data (such as enterprise-specific additional data)

  • Objects that are linked with the document

  • Open text search (such as character strings from the original application file)

Results List

The search result is presented in a results list. This list contains all the documents that meet your search requirements. Twelve documents are listed per page. Scroll functions make it easier to edit. Being able to specify the page simplifies the process of orientation in the working environment.

As well as the key data, the descriptive short text in the logon language, and the current document status are displayed.

The following overview displays the functions that you can carry out on a selected document from the results list:

Function

Use

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Display Document

Selected document data is presented in the form of a data sheet.

This function is only active for documents suitable for processing in the Web interface.

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Change Document

You can change document data (such as additional enterprise-specific data), or add an original application file. You can also use other functions, such as distributing a document to a recipient list.

This function is only active for documents suitable for processing in the Web interface.

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Display Thumbnail

If a thumbnail exists for a graphical original application file, then you can display it.

This function is only active if a thumbnail exists for a graphical original application file.

Note Note

If you want to display thumbnails from all documents for the results list, choose Thumbnails .

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Integration

If you process a document in the results list, it is automatically copied to the stack.