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After installation, you integrate SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search into your system landscapy by configuring network setting, user authentication, and so on. In addition, you configure basic settings for cross-system searching.

Prerequisites

You have installed SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search.

You have gathered the information required for the subsequent process steps. For more information, see Before You Start.

Process

Carry out the following steps:

  1. Generate backup and restore scripts.

    In this step, you generate a set of Shell scripts that form the basis of the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search backup and restore functions. You do not need to do this if the scripts are provided by your hardware partner.

  2. Configure Enterprise Search for the customer network.

    In this step, you connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to the SAP Message Server and register the LDAP server in the ABAP system.

  3. Configure SAP Web Dispatcher to support SSL.

    In this step, you configure the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search Web Dispatcher to support secure communication using SSL.

  4. Change the initial password for the SAP Web Dispatcher user.

    In this step, you change the initial password for the Web Dispatcher administration user for security reasons.

  5. Configure user management.

    In this step, you connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search by default to the central user administration (CUA) in your customer landscape.

    If you want to use the file search with authorization check with SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search, you must connect SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to the MS Active Directory Server.

  6. Configure basic settings for searching.

    In this step, you configure basic settings for cross-system searching, for example, the search method, the merging of results, and the presentation of results.

  7. Optional: Configure logon with Single Sign-On.

    In this step, you configure SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search for logon using Single Sign-On.

  8. Optional: Configure the OSS destination for the SAP Note Assistant.

    In this step, you configure SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search to import SAP Notes using the SAP Note Assistant.

  9. Optional: Integrate SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search in SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3.

    If you are running an SAP Enterprise Portal in your company, you can use this step to integrate the search function of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search into your portal.

  10. Optional: Configure the help center

    In this step, you configure your system so that users can display SAP documentation on the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search UIs and include their own documentation.