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Technical Data

Technical Name of the Business Function

ERP_ENTERPRISESEARCH

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available as of

SAP Business Suite Foundation 7.01

Technical Usage

Central applications

Application Component

Processes and Tools for Business Applications (CA-EPT)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

Not relevant

You can use this business function to implement a faster and safer search function for business objects in SAP ERP (for example, materials or orders). This search function supports both a full text search and a fuzzy search, and, by means of the authorization concept, ensures that only authorized persons have access to your data.

For more information about Embedded Search, see Search.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components from the version specified:

Type of Component

Component

Only Required for Following Functions

Software Component

SAP_BS_FND 701

Technical requirement for the Embedded Search function; installation of this software component is mandatory

SAP_APPL 604

Use of these software components depends on the business process; installation of the software components is optional

EA-APPL 604

EA-HRGXX 604

PLMWUI 700

IS-MEDIA 604

In the Enterprise Search Cockpit (transaction ESH_COCKPIT), you have activated the search using Embedded Search for the required business objects. To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Tools   Administration   Monitor   Search Engine   Enterprise Search Cockpit  .

Note Note

See SAP Note 965097 if you want to use the Embedded Search function.

End of the note.