Configuring a Thesaurus

A thesaurus can be configured to help users search for documents in the Therefore™ Navigator.

The thesaurus can be configured to provide synonyms as well as equivalent words in other languages. For example, if configured properly, searches for "invoice" could also yield results for "receipt" or "bill". Alternatively, the thesaurus can be used for multi-language searching. For example, searching for the word "Invoice" would also yield results for "Rechnung" (German) or "Factura" (Spanish).

The thesaurus is configured as an XML file and must be saved to the Therefore™ Server directory. The file name must then be specified under the Full-Text Search object's advanced settings.

Configuring a thesaurus file

  1. Create a new file in an XML editor.

  2. Define the root element <dtSearchUserThesaurus>. Then use the following syntax for each thesaurus entry:

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    <Item>

       <Name>Invoice</Name>

       <Synonyms>Rechnung Factura Invoice</Synonyms>

    </Item>

    The original term is placed between the <Name> tags, and its synonyms are placed between the <Synonyms> tags.

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    • Ensure to include the XML declaration and the closing tag of your root element.

    • Terms with white space characters must be entered between quotation marks. For example, for week end to be considered as one term, it must be entered under the <Synonyms> tag as "week end".