SAP Launchpad - Why fuzzy search?

[former_member185925]

Hello!

Can someone explain why SAP uses fuzzy search in the SAP Launchpad?

To me it's madness.

I always copy&paste the things I am searching for. Therefore I am interested in exact searches. Fuzzy hits only create dummies I have to navigate through, giving me more stupid work.

The search: IcmConnThSync: No OOB message received

Give you 6771 valid OSS Notes the last five years

Refining the search: IcmConnThSync OOB message received

Give you 29 valid OSS Notes the last five years.

In reality there are no OSS Note that contain IcmConnThSync

With the fuzzy search I have to work exactly the opposite I worked before.

-Earlier more search arguments resulted in fewer hits.

-Now more arguments results in more hits.

The world is upside down.

[former_member185925]

Another example.

I was looking for a Note that deals with tables ARFCSSTATE and ARFCSDATA and how you can get rid of unneccesary entries in them.

This is an old Note I have used before.

Searching: ARFCSDATA

Gives you 173 Notes. This is the best I can get with the Launchpad since

searching: ARFCSDATA table growing

Gives you 409 Notes (the more search arguments the more hits).

[AntonFarenyk]

Hi Lars and welcome to the official "Launchpad Note search" haters fan club.

Please check out the following thread

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3922684

and particularly the answer from Arno Helmling Sep 1, 2016 3:02 AM about fuzzy

Cheers,

Anton