CellEntityMatchLimitN

The maximum number of matches to return for the entities specified by the corresponding CellEntityN parameter. Eduction searches for cell entity matches in the columns that have a header that match the HeaderEntityN entities (up to HeaderEntityMatchLimitN). After Eduction finds this number of matches in those columns, it stops searching for further matches, so Eduction does not return any further matches or spend time looking for them.

You might set this parameter if you want to see some matches for a particular entity, but would prefer to ignore further matches in favor of reducing the processing time.

If the CellEntityN parameter specifies multiple entities, using a wildcard or a comma-separated list, the limit applies separately to each entity. For example, the following configuration would permit up to five matches for English dates, and up to five for French dates, and so on:

CellEntity0=pii/date/nocontext/eng,pii/date/nocontext/fre,pii/date/nocontext/spa
CellEntityMatchLimit0=5

Eduction applies the limit after post-processing, so any matches that are discarded by post-processing do not count towards the limit.

The limit applies only to matches in a single table. Eduction resets the limit when it encounters a table delimiter.

NOTE: You can override the value of this parameter by providing a configuration file fragment when you create the session.

Type: Integer
Default: No limit
Required: No
Configuration Section:

Eduction

Example:

With the following configuration Eduction returns a maximum of five matches for the pii/date/nocontext/all entity.

CellEntity0=pii/date/nocontext/all
CellEntityMatchLimit0=5

See Also:

CellEntityN

HeaderEntityMatchLimitN