Searching for Table Contents
You can use the search for table contents to search archive files. You search for data objects that meet specific criteria. These are selection criteria for a specific table.
The system searches the files sequentially and displays the data objects. If you want to search larger archive files or a large number of files, you can execute the search in the background.
You have the option of performing the search online or scheduling the search query as a background job and evaluating the result at a subsequent stage.
For more information, see Searching for Table Contents Online and Searching for Table Contents in the Background.
If you search using Search or Start Search, the system searches for the selected files in the order in which they are displayed in the archive files overview. The system only searches through files that could actually contain the table from the selection criteria. The system obtains this information from the definition of the archiving objects, and not direct from the archive files.
Once the system has found a matching data object, it switches to the view Table and displays the table entries from the search criteria, meaning it displays all entries for the data object, and not just those that match the selection.
At this point you can switch to the other views, and use all of the other navigation options.
By choosing Continue Search, you can continue the search. Using this function you can do a complete search through each of the files you want to search, in succession.
When the system finds a matching data object, it only switches to the view Talle if you are not already in one of the other views Data Object, Table or Hex Display.
Search Procedure
The system checks whether the file for the current data object is in the search area. If this is the case, the system continues the search with the next data object. If the current data object is the last in its file, the system continues with the first data object of the next file in the search area.
If the current file is not in the search area, the system continues with the next file that is found in the search area. The next file in this case is determined by the sequence in the archive file overview.
When carrying on with a search, the current search criteria are always used, and these may differ from the search criteria at the start of the search.
You can navigate freely between two search steps as necessary, and also change the search area and search criteria.
If the system has reached the end of the search area, it generates a corresponding message and deactivates the Continue Search function. It makes no difference whether the end of the search area was actually reached by the search or by any of the other navigation functions.