Purpose
This program provides a search engine-based search for business objects.
Use this program to test the internal interface (IIF) of theSearch Engine Service.
This is a test program. It is not suitable for production use.

Prerequisites
The business objects are indexed in the search engine. SeeTransaction SES_ADMIN.

Features
You can search for business objects.

Selection

• Business Object Type

Business object that you are searching for.
The input help displays the values of the database tableCOM_SE_BUSOBJTY.
The default "sflight" represents the test object Flight.

• Business Object Subtype

Subtype of the business object that you are searching for.
The default "1" represents the only subtype of the test object Flight.

• Requested Attribute

The attributes that are to be displayed for every business object in thehit list.
When you enter "*", all attributes are displayed.
The default setting is to request just the attribute "EXTERNAL_KEY".
Note: See the Attribute Name parameter.

• Sort Attribute

The sort attribute determines how the hit list is sorted.
The default is to sort according to relevance and not according to anattribute.

• Sort Direction

Sort direction of the hit list. The sort direction 1 is for ascendingorder, 0 is for descending order.
The default setting is 1.

• Search by Related Object

Select this feature to search for a business object by providing someinformation about a related business object. If this feature is switchedon, the input fields belong to the search-for object and the search-byobject as described below. If this feature is switched off, as is thedefault setting, all input fields belong to the search-for object.
Search-for object
- Business object type
- Business object subtype
- Requested attribute
- Sort attribute
- Sort direction
Search-by object
- Search terms
- Search category
- Attribute name
- Attribute value
- Language of search request
- Search method

• Relation Type

The type of the relation between the search-for object and the search-byobject. Each search-for object type has its own list of relation types.The relation type implies the search-by object type.
For example: Connection "is travel-on connection" for a relatedconnection. This relation is defined by search-by-connection.cityto =search-for-connection.cityfrom. To search for a connection using thisrelation, enter the following: business object type = "spfli", businessobject subtype = "1", relation type = "1".

• Full-Text Search

Select the full-text search to execute a non-specific search. Synonym:Quick search.
Selection of the full-text search or the attribute search is mutuallyexclusive.
The default setting is full-text search.

• Freestyle Search

Perform full-text search by searching in the freestyle attributes inaddition to the content.

• Display Match Attributes

For a freestyle search, display the matching attributes.

• Search Terms

The search returns all business objects that contain the search terms.
The default "*" is interpreted as any word.

• Search Category

The type of link between several search terms. The following searchcategories are available:
A - AND link
Every search term must occur in the business object.
O - OR link
At least one of the search terms must occur in the business object.
C - Phrase link
The search terms must occur in the business object as a phrase.
Example: Federal Republic of Germany.

• Attribute Search

Select the attribute search to execute an attribute-specific search.
Selection of the full-text search or the attribute search is mutuallyexclusive.

• Attribute Name

Name of the attribute on the basis of which you are searching. Everybusiness object subtype has a specific list of searchable attributes.
The default attribute name is "EXTERNAL_KEY".
Note: To obtain a list of the attributes that you can searchthrough for a business object subtype, execute a search requesting allattributes. See the Return Attribute parameter.

• Attribute Value

Value of the attribute that you are searching for.
The default value "*" is interpreted as any character string.

• Language of Search Request

Provides a language key to restrict the search to this language.
The default space indicates a language-independent search.

• Search Method

Method used for the search. The following search methods are available:
E - Exact search
The search terms must occur as written.
L - Linguistic search
The search terms are extended using linguistic rules.
Example: The linguistic search for "House" also finds "Houses".
F - Fuzzy search
Similar words are added to the search terms.
Example: The fuzzy search for "tupo" also finds "typo".
The TREX default value for fuzzy_similarity is fixed: 0.6.
The first letter of the word must match.
Fuzzy search works for full-text searches and attribute searches.
It works only for words, not for numbers or timestamps.
It cannot be combined with a wildcard search.

• Start of Page

The overall results list is displayed one page at a time.
Use this parameter to define where this page starts.
The default setting is to display the first 20 hits on the first page.

• End of Page

The overall results list is displayed one page at a time.
Use this parameter to define where this page ends.
The default setting is to display the first 20 hits on the first page.
To view the second page, provide start of page = "21" and end of page ="40".

• Hints on how the search query is interpreted.

The search is case-insensitive - it ignores uppercase and lowercase."sap" finds "SAP".
Full-text search
The full text of a business object is interpreted as a sequence of wordsthat are separated from each other by spaces. Linking characters such asunderscores and hyphens are also used to separate words. A search for"test" also finds "Test_01".
Attribute search
An attribute value is interpreted as a linked character string. Spacesare ignored. To find "SAP AG" using an attribute search, you must searchfor "sap*". The wildcard *, which represents any character string in theattribute search, requires the search method Exact.

Standard_variants
None.

Output


• Runtime per component

Total runtime of the internal interface
Runtime share of the search engine
Runtime share of the business object application

• List of searched indexes


• Number of hits

Number of hits displayed
Total number of hits found

• Search result

A list of the business objects found is output as the search result. Foreach business object, the following information is provided. Businessobject type, business object subtype, object ID, and relevance value.
The list of requested attributes. The type, name, and value is providedfor each requested attribute.

Activities
Specify your search query.
Execute the search.

Example
By default, the program searches for all flights. The first 20 hits aredisplayed.