Adding Synonym Resources (compiled)

Synonym resources can be edited in the Semantic > Resources editor of the Business Console. These compiled synonym resources apply to the search logics configured in the Administration Console. If multiple mashup applications use the same search logic, then these synonyms work for all them.

Note: To create synonyms that apply to specific mashup applications only, go to Semantic > Synonyms.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Adding Synonyms to Specific Applications (not compiled)

Enable synonyms resources in the Administration Console

Before you begin: This procedure explains how the Exalead CloudView administrator enables synonym resources in the Administration Console so that they can be edited in the Business Console.
  1. Go to Search > Search Logics > Query Expansion.
  2. In the Query expansion modules section, click Add module.
    1. Enter the name of your synonym dictionary, for example, mysynonyms.
    2. For type, select Synonyms.
  3. Click Create new to create a new resource file for your synonyms.
  4. Go to Query Language to map the synonyms module to the prefix handler of your choice, typically on the text prefix handler.
    1. Expand the prefix handler configuration panel.
    2. For Query expansion config, define the synonym module you want to use, for example mysynonyms.

  5. Click Save and Apply.

Your new synonyms resource shall now be available in the Business Console, under Semantic > Resources.

Add a new expression

Synonyms are mapped to expressions, where each expression represents a specific user query.

Before you begin: Before adding synonyms, you must create an expression for the user query.
  1. In Semantic > Resources, select a synonym resource from the list of Resources.
    • If the semantic resource is not available in the list, click on the Refresh button.
    • If the semantic resource is in the list but you get an error message, check with your Exalead CloudView Administrator. When a new resource is created, the changes must be applied to the configuration before being able to edit the resource.
  2. Click Add expression, and from the Add expression dialog box:
    • In Expression, enter the search query that will trigger the synonym matching. In our example, we’ll use europe. All synonyms expressions will normalized as lowercase without accents.
    • For Language, either accept xx(All languages), or select a specific language.
      Note: If you select a specific language, the same language must be set up in the search application for synonym matching to work.
    • Click Accept.

You are now ready to define synonyms for this expression.

Add synonyms to an expression

  1. Under Expression: Your_Expression, for example, europe
    • In the Match field, type a synonym. For our example, we’ll type european union
    • Click Add synonym.

  2. Add more synonyms to the expression if necessary.
  3. (Optional) To have a two-way matching between the expression and its related synonyms, select Match synonyms and expression symmetrically.

    For example, if you defined european union as a synonym for the europe expression:

    • If non-symmetrical, the query europe will be expanded to (europe OR “ european union ”), but the query “ european union ” will not be expanded.
    • If symmetrical, users can reverse the query and the synonym: the query “ european union ” also expands to (“ european union ” OR europe).