Send Synonym Queries
QMS can expand a query to include all terms that are synonymous with the query text. For each query, QMS queries the Promotion Agentstore for lists of synonyms for the query text. It adds the synonyms to the query that it sends to IDOL Server.
For example, if a synonym rule states that dog is synonymous with hound, QMS expands the query for dog to (dog OR hound) before it sends it to IDOL Server.
To use synonym queries
- Create QMS rules containing the synonym lists.
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Send queries with the ExpandQuery parameter set to
True
.If your synonym rules contain a
DATABASERESTRICTION
field, you must set the SynonymDatabaseMatch parameter toTrue
to apply the restriction. By default, QMS does not apply the database restriction.
For example:
action=Query&Text=phone&ExpandQuery=True
In this query, QMS searches for synonyms that contain the word phone. It includes all synonymous terms in the query and returns results for all terms.