SAP Embedded Search

January 12, 2011

On a call today (January 10, 2011), we fielded a question about TREX, the plumbing for SAP’s bespoke search and retrieval service. The question had to do about what SAP calls search. Well, we have good luck locating information about TREX in the current SAP environment by searching for the string “embedded search.” Queries for TREX or for earlier versions of R/3, you may have more luck with the phrase “search engine service.” Years ago, I did a chapter in a book about TREX. My recollection is that information in 2006 and 2007 was difficult to find as well.

If you want to know about TREX and its various incarnations, you might consider these links:

Basic description of TREX
Discussion of classification functions
Connecting a local search with an SAP search hub

We continue to hear chatter about third party solutions that “snap in” to SAP R/3 environments. We also hear comments about SAP’s on again, off again interest in buying a search vendor. Our suggestion: stick with SAP’s engine. A good alternative may become available.

Stephen E Arnold, January 12, 2010

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.