Definition Index entries are maintained by documentation developers in the Knowledge Warehouse [Ext.] (KW) in order to help users find information more easily by means of an index. Use Index entries created from the Knowledge Warehouse are now stored in SAPterm and can be changed there as well. Index entries can only be created in info object maintenance in the Knowledge Warehouse. For more information, see Creating Index Entries in the Terminology Database [Ext.]. You can, however, change index entries in SAPterm by selecting an index entry from the results list [Page 13] and choosing Maintain entry.

The maintenance screen for index entries is different than the maintenance screen for term entries and supports selected activities only, such as definition of valid and invalid synonyms. Other maintenance functions, such as creating glossary entries, are not possible for an index entry. Structure The index entry format in the results list differs from that of terminology entries. “company code, create” highlighted in gray is an index entry consisting of a main entry (company code) and a subentry (create) and will appear in the KW index search tool as follows: company code create Index subentries is a new category of additional information which can be selected or deselected under Further entries in the user settings [Page 8] for display

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