Enable Synonym Searches

Use the following procedure to enable synonym searches in HPE IDOL Server.

For details on the settings that the [Synonym] sections can contain and on how you can configure them, see the HPE IDOL Server Reference.

Set up a Synonym File

NOTE:

You must set up a synonym file before you index the data that you want to search.

Configure HPE IDOL Server to Use a Synonym File

NOTE:

You must configure HPE IDOL Server to use the synonym file before you index the data that you want to search.

Perform Synonym Searches

After you create a synonym file and configure HPE IDOL Server to use it, you can turn any Query action that you send to HPE IDOL Server into a synonym query by adding &Synonym=True to it. For example:

http://localhost:5552/action=Query&Text=Felix is a great mouser&Synonym=True

This query returns documents that conceptually match the term mouser, as well as documents that conceptually match any of the terms listed as synonyms for the term mouser in the synonym file.

Update Synonym Files

HPE IDOL Server processes synonyms at index time. When you want to update or add a synonym in your synonym file, you must reindex your content for the modified synonyms to be available over all content. If you do not reindex, the synonym changes apply only to new documents.


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