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You can use a search object connector of type OpenSearch to integrate external search providers that provide a search function available through OpenSearch. On the Internet, you can find many OpenSearch providers that you can integrate in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search.

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OpenSearch is an industry standard protocol for describing and sending search requests. For more information about OpenSearch, visit the Internet address http://www.opensearch.org.

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If a user submits a search request, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search forwards the search request directly to the OpenSearch provider. This provider replies to the search request and sends the reply back to SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search, where it is merged with the results from the other search object connectors to a search result and displayed on the user interface.

Prerequisites

  • You require the URL of the OpenSearch description service.

    Search providers that provide an OpenSearch service make available the description of their search service as an OpenSearch description service. You can access this description service through a URL.

  • The search service must be available in the format RSS or ATOM.

Procedure

  1. Launch the administration cockpit and choose Create.

  2. Choose OpenSearch as the search object connector type.

  3. Choose Next.

  4. Enter the description URL (OpenSearch Description Service) of the OpenSearch provider.

  5. Select the authentication settings to launch the description service (the description URL).

    No Authentication: No authentication takes place. This settings is supported by many free OpenSearch providers on the Internet.

    SAP Authentication Assertion Ticket: The logged-on user is used for authentication via SSO.

    User/Password: A predefined user is used for authentication.

  6. In Settings for the Search URL, choose Launch Search URL.

    The OpenSearch description service is then examined for a suitable search service. The system enters the values for the Template for Search URL and the associated description automatically. if the description service does not provide either the RSS or the ATOM format, but onlyHTML, you cannot integrate it. You will receive an error message if this occurs.

  7. Select the authentication settings to launch the search service (the search URL).

    No Authentication: No authentication takes place. This settings is supported by many free OpenSearch providers on the Internet.

    SAP Authentication Assertion Ticket: The logged-on user is used for authentication via SSO.

    User/Password: A predefined user is used for authentication.

  8. Choose Next.

    A summary displays the values that you have entered for this search object connector.

  9. To save the settings, choose Finish. You can also choose Previous to correct any incorrect settings, or Cancel to discard all the data you have entered.

This concludes the integration of the OpenSearch services. Indexing within SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search is not necessary. The OpenSearch provider hosts the indexes. The OpenSearch search object connector is active immediately.

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If the OpenSearch provider used is accessed across the Internet, you must check the proxy settings on the Application Server ABAP and modify them if necessary.

More information: Setting Up Proxies

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