How to Create a User-Defined Search in PO 7.5

This blog post will explain in detail step by step procedure to set up a User Defined Search in SAP PI/PO.
This will be applicable on Release 750 and above.

Step 1 : First open the PI homepage

http://<host>:<port>/dir/start/index.jsp

*Follow the highlighted text : Click on Configuration and Monitoring Home

Step 2: Look for User Defined Message Search Configuration in the Adapter Engine Subtab
*Follow the highlighted text

Step 3: Click on the highlighted button ‘New’

Now create the Filters as per the need including the interface name and other mandatory details such as Sender Component, Receiver Component, Interface Name and Namespace.

Once the Filter is created , don’t forget to change the status to ‘ACTIVE’

After the filter creation the next step is to create search criteria using Xpath: This will locate the Key Field from the payload.

Note: Make sure to use the value exactly fom Xpath along with the correct prefix. Pre
fix and Xpath could be N1 or P1

If needed,the prefixes also can be used by using the adjacent tab

Step 4: INDEXING
To enable a previously processed messages indexing is needed. This will index all the messges under the observation and make the search works faster. It is advisable to INDEX the messages.
The INDEXING option is allocated right at the top most tabs:

The INDEXING option is allocated right among the top most tabs:
INDEXING JOB_ID:
An indexing job id will be automatically created when Indexing is started.
Final Product will look like this :