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    Zing removes stop words from queries

    Remove common words from search queries that do not produce meaningful results.

    Stop words are common words that are not indexed because they are not meaningful in search results. Articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions are examples of stop words that are not used in keyword searches. Administrators can configure stop words for all indexed tables and for specific tables.

    By default, the system maintains two types of stop words.

    Table 1. Types of stop words
    Stop word type Description
    System-wide text index stop words The system always ignores system-wide text index stop words when generating text indexes. Any search for a system-wide stop word returns no search results.
    Table-specific stop words The system uses the table-specific Text Index record to determine whether to index the stop word or to just remove it from keyword search queries against the table.

    By default, the system has stops words for common English words. Search administrators typically create stop words from search terms that produce too many search results such as articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions.

    • Configure a global stop word

      Configure stop words that should not be indexed by the search.

    • Configure a table-specific stop word

      You can configure stop words for a specific table.

    • Enable automatic stop words for a table

      The system can identify and generate stop words when a search term exceeds an occurrence threshold.

    Related concepts
    • Available search options
    • Zing generates search results in four phases
    • Zing filters search results with access controls
    • Zing computes document scores using three components
    • Zing indexes words
    • Zing can include attachments in search results
    • Zing matches derived words with stemming
    • Zing can expand search results with synonyms
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    • Features of Zing text indexing and search engine
    • Installed with Zing

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      Remove common words from search queries that do not produce meaningful results.

      Stop words are common words that are not indexed because they are not meaningful in search results. Articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions are examples of stop words that are not used in keyword searches. Administrators can configure stop words for all indexed tables and for specific tables.

      By default, the system maintains two types of stop words.

      Table 1. Types of stop words
      Stop word type Description
      System-wide text index stop words The system always ignores system-wide text index stop words when generating text indexes. Any search for a system-wide stop word returns no search results.
      Table-specific stop words The system uses the table-specific Text Index record to determine whether to index the stop word or to just remove it from keyword search queries against the table.

      By default, the system has stops words for common English words. Search administrators typically create stop words from search terms that produce too many search results such as articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions.

      • Configure a global stop word

        Configure stop words that should not be indexed by the search.

      • Configure a table-specific stop word

        You can configure stop words for a specific table.

      • Enable automatic stop words for a table

        The system can identify and generate stop words when a search term exceeds an occurrence threshold.

      Related concepts
      • Available search options
      • Zing generates search results in four phases
      • Zing filters search results with access controls
      • Zing computes document scores using three components
      • Zing indexes words
      • Zing can include attachments in search results
      • Zing matches derived words with stemming
      • Zing can expand search results with synonyms
      Related reference
      • Features of Zing text indexing and search engine
      • Installed with Zing

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