Configure dictionaries for Search

Overview

The Search application provides globalization support by using different dictionaries for different languages. Each dictionary file must be enabled in the Search configuration file before indexing. By default, only the English language dictionary is enabled during installation.

Every language has its own specified dictionary file. Dictionaries marked as enabled in the Search configuration file are loaded into memory at server start time when the Search application is started.

Important: For non-English deployments, enabling multilingual support for Search is a mandatory post-installation step that needs to be performed before you start the IBM Connections Search server for the first time. Without multiple dictionary support, for languages other than English, Search will only return results where there is an exact match between the search term and content term. Enable multiple dictionaries ensures better quality search results when the user base is multilingual.

See

• Enable dictionaries
• List enabled dictionaries
• Set the default dictionary
• Disable dictionaries
• Search language dictionaries
• Search over Multiple Languages

Parent topic:
Index settings

Related:
Search and globalization
Create the initial Search index
Reload the Search application