Crawler development for SAP R/3

[Former Member]

Can the Crawler functionality be implemented for R/3?

Are there any SAP R/3 API's available for the same?

[Former Member]

Thanks Karsten for your response!

Here is what I to am trying achieve.

I am trying to build a design approach for a Crawler Plugin with various data sources including SAPR/3 V4.6C. I am trying to analyze the APIs that are relevant for crawling in SAP R/3.

Now the first step would be to determine what constitutes a Document in SAP that can be searched. Also,next would be to determine how to access the repository for document contents and meta data.

Assuming that BOR objects like Sales Order( object type BUS2032 ) , Purchase Order( BUS2012) constitutes my Document, are there any APIs available which can capture meta data information along with key attributes which can be used for Indexing.

If you can hint any other design approaches that would be great !

I believe NW platform has JAVA APIs for Crawler functionality. Does it support crawling data from SAP R/3. Are there any good documentation as to how this is done ?

Any help will be highly appreciated!

Thanks!

Vinod

[KarstenH]

Hi Vinod,

if you intend to crawl for the purpose of indexing and searching, I'd advise to upgrade your basis to SAP NetWeaver 2004s as soon as possible. The before mentioned SES takes care of all this for you.

Via KM you'd have to expose the business objects in their respective systems as KM repositories one by one. I do not think that would be a sensible way to go. But you can check the NetWeaver developers guide for info on the KM repository framework.

If there should be an ABAP-based solution, you should discuss that in the ABAP development forum.

Hope that at least points out some directions...

Karsten

PS: Even moderators appreciate the occasional point for a helpful answer )

[KarstenH]

Hi Vinod,

what exactly do you intend to achieve?

Which release are you on?

Starting SAP NetWeaver 2004s, the search engine service (SES) in the ABAP Apllication Server might help you:

Release Note:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/42/c13fe4262c311ae10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm

Admin/Config:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/27/08ef417fc65f24e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Developer:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/6a/9d9d427cab0831e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Regards, Karsten