Features of Zing text indexing and search engine

Enable and configure Zing text indexing and search engine features.


Feature	Description	Top tasks	State
Zing indexes words	Index documents by dividing them into words. Depending on the languages your instance supports, a word may be a single character such as a Chinese or Japanese pictogram or a sequence of characters separated by spaces such as with Latin, Arabic, and Pinyin languages.	Enable text indexing for a table Regenerate a text index for a table Configure tables to use the Japanese tokenizer	Active
Zing computes document scores using three components	Compute document scores based on the frequency, sequence, and weight of search terms in the document.	Score search terms by inverse document frequency (IDF) Set the relative weight of a field	Active
Global text search finds records from multiple tables	Search multiple record types from a single search field.	Add a search group Enable text indexing for a table	Active
Global text search displays results dynamically	Display global text search results for each table as Zing generates them.	Add a search group Revert to the legacy global search UI	Active
List search finds records from the current table	Search records from a table list view.	Enable text indexing for a table Regenerate a text index for a table	Active
Zing can include attachments in search results	Expand search results to include attachments from indexed tables. Display attachments for search results from the kb_knowledge table.	Index attachments on a table Enable text indexing for a table	Active
Zing removes stop words from queries	Remove common words from search queries that do not produce meaningful results.	Configure a global stop word Configure a table-specific stop word	Active
Zing matches derived words with stemming	Convert any multiple-character search keyword to its stem form to find derived versions of the word.	System localization properties Activate a language	Active
Zing can expand search results with synonyms	Expand search results to include additional search terms. Requires configuration before use	Enable search synonyms Create synonym dictionaries	Inactive

Features of Zing text indexing and search engine

Enable and configure Zing text indexing and search engine features.


Feature	Description	Top tasks	State
Zing indexes words	Index documents by dividing them into words. Depending on the languages your instance supports, a word may be a single character such as a Chinese or Japanese pictogram or a sequence of characters separated by spaces such as with Latin, Arabic, and Pinyin languages.	Enable text indexing for a table Regenerate a text index for a table Configure tables to use the Japanese tokenizer	Active
Zing computes document scores using three components	Compute document scores based on the frequency, sequence, and weight of search terms in the document.	Score search terms by inverse document frequency (IDF) Set the relative weight of a field	Active
Global text search finds records from multiple tables	Search multiple record types from a single search field.	Add a search group Enable text indexing for a table	Active
Global text search displays results dynamically	Display global text search results for each table as Zing generates them.	Add a search group Revert to the legacy global search UI	Active
List search finds records from the current table	Search records from a table list view.	Enable text indexing for a table Regenerate a text index for a table	Active
Zing can include attachments in search results	Expand search results to include attachments from indexed tables. Display attachments for search results from the kb_knowledge table.	Index attachments on a table Enable text indexing for a table	Active
Zing removes stop words from queries	Remove common words from search queries that do not produce meaningful results.	Configure a global stop word Configure a table-specific stop word	Active
Zing matches derived words with stemming	Convert any multiple-character search keyword to its stem form to find derived versions of the word.	System localization properties Activate a language	Active
Zing can expand search results with synonyms	Expand search results to include additional search terms. Requires configuration before use	Enable search synonyms Create synonym dictionaries	Inactive

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Topics are ranked in search results by how closely they match your search terms

Features of Zing text indexing and search engine

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