SAP ABAP Data Element IGN_SEARCH_CATEGORY (Search Category)

Hierarchy

☛ INSURANCE (Software Component) SAP Insurance
   ⤷ FS-CM (Application Component) Claims Management
     ⤷ IGN_SEARCH_API (Package) Search API

Basic Data

Data Element	IGN_SEARCH_CATEGORY
Short Description	Search Category

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	IGN_SEARCH_CATEGORY
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	3
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	3
Value Table	TIGN210

Further Characteristics

Search Help: Name
Search Help: Parameters
Parameter ID	IGN_SEARCH_CATEGORY
Default Component name
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Category
Medium	15	Search Category
Long	20	Search Category
Heading	13	Search Categ.

Documentation

Definition

Search category in the search framework.

Use

The searches in the search framework are classified according to different search categories. The search category determines the technique or tool that is to be used for the search, for example, a function module or a query. The search category thus has a strong influence on the search behavior during runtime.

You need to specify the appropriate search category for each search.

Dependencies

Search categories are represented by ABAP classes that implement the IF_IGN_SEARCH interface.

Search categories are normally subclasses of the CL_IGN_SEARCH class.

Example

SAP provides appropriate search categories for the following search techniques:

• Search using function module
• Search using query
• BDT search
• Search sequences.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20050224
SAP Release Created in	472