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SAP CPS allows you to search seamlessly through objects with the new search box, which is now available for most objects. The search only searches in the current tab and by default searches for the name on most objects. For some objects like operator messages, for example, you would rather search for the Title text, which is the title of the operator message. You can use prefixes to search on object-specific properties, like lmt, which stands for Last Modification Time. The search is case-insensitive. Default objects often have translated field values, you should always search in your session-language.

You can search on multiple properties by just appending a new prefix and search criteria. Depending on the amount of objects which match your criteria, one or more will be listed.

The following prefixes are available for most objects:

Prefix

Description

n, name

Name field of the object

d, desc, description

Description field of object

c, com, comment

Comment field of object

a, app, application

Application field on object

The n or name prefix is optional, all other prefixes are required, so if you want to search on the name of the object, you just enter your search-phrase.

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You can only use valid prefixes. Not all objects have a Name property, like operator messages for example, in this case the n prefix is not available. The available prefixes are documented in the topic covering the object. Press the F1 key to access context-sensitive help with the table of available prefixes.

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Syntax

<prefix>:<search_criteria> <prefix>:<search_criteria> ...

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There is no space between the : and the prefix or search-phrase.

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If the search-phrase contains spaces, the search-phrase must be surrounded by double quotes (").

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If you just enter the search-phrase, the search will be carried out on the name of the object:

<search_criteria>

Some objects do not have a name prefix, in these cases the default prefixes have been mapped to object-specific prefixes.

Example

To search for a job definition with the description Import Java Archive (JAR) into a Library:

  1. Navigate to   Definitions → Job Definitions  

  2. Enter the following text into the Search Job Definitions box to display only jobs with import in the description field:

description:import

In this example, too many job definitions matched the search! More search criteria needs to be added to refine the search:

description:"import Java" application:SystEm