Integration of TREX with Product Catalog

Hi Friends ,
   I have already Replicated my catalog (Intial Repl. and Delta Repli.) this Catalog can be seen in WebServer.
          Now i want this Ctalog to be integrated to TREX where i want to see it physically ..
     Thanks in Advance for the Reply
Cheers
Ram

What do you mean by seeing it physically?
In Transaction SRMO, select the Search Server relation you used to publish the Catalog... On the bottom, there is a button for "Display Data Path". That will tell you the data path of the index on the TREX Server.
For Example if it says: usr/sap/trex/index
then the index is published to:
Path to TREX installation (Can be C:\Program Files\SAP\TREX)\usr/sap/trex/index
or else, you can search for the folder named Index on the TREX Server.
Thanks,
Ranjan

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[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/1c/12b2dc57d644d19ea3a5c4156f904f/frameset.htm]
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E-Commerce with ERP (R/3 backend) provides Product Catalog feature - but has two solutions, one search with TREX and the other without TREX. Product search without TREX are run in the R/3 backend. Unfortuntely there is no such solution with CRM.
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Now, ask the Basis team to please read the [Installation Guide|https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/crm-inst] and [Master Guide|https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/002007974700000372592008E/50089607_A4_CRM70SR1_130.pdf].
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3.7.2 Catalog Management in CRM
Description
You use this business scenario to create a centralized product catalog that contains product
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and easy customer access to timely and personalized product information. Product catalogs are
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Software Units
The following software units are required for the Catalog Management in CRM scenario:
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