You can enable the Search Service to replace search queries with a set of custom related terms or synonyms and to automatically correct misspelled search queries. To enable or disable these two features, select or clear the appropriate check boxes, then click Apply. When you are done configuring all Search Service settings, click Finish.
The Search Thesaurus
After you have created a thesaurus (or synonym list) and loaded it into the Search Service (for more information on setting up this feature in the Search Service, see the Administrator Guide for Oracle WebCenter Interaction, available on the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bea.html), you can enable thesaurus expansion for all user queries by selecting Use the Thesaurus.
Thesaurus expansion allows a term or phrase in a user’s search to be replaced with a set of custom related terms before the actual search is performed. This feature improves search quality by handling unique, obscure, or industry-specific terminology.
Tip: The thesaurus expansion feature is best used for focused, industry- or domain-specific examples. It is not intended to cover general semantic relationships between words or across languages, as with a conventional paper thesaurus. Although the Search Service thesaurus expansion can definitely improve search quality, adding entries for very general or standard terms can actually degrade search quality if it leads to too many search result matches.
Automatic Spell Correction
Automatic spell correction is applied to the individual terms in a basic search when the terms are not recognized by the Search Service. Spell correction is not applied to quoted phrases.
If you do not want the automatic spell correction applied, clear the Apply Spell Correction check box.
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