IDOL Server 24.1

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NOTE: This parameter description applies only to the TermExpand action.

The term to expand according to the specified Expansion.

The following table describes the value to set in the `Text` parameter for each type of Expansion.

Expansion | Text | TermExpand returns
--- | --- | ---
`Autocomplete` | Any term or partial term. | Terms and phrases that start with the specified text.
`Fuzzy` | A misspelled term. | Terms with similar spelling to your term.
`Phrase` | One or more terms. | Phrases that start with the word or words in the specified text.
`Synonym` | A synonym link from a synonym query. (See Synonym) | The terms and phrases that the synonym link corresponds to.
`Stem` | Any term. | A list of terms that have the same word stem as the specified term.
`Wild` | A Wildcard term. | A list of terms that the Wildcard term expands to.

When you set Expansion to `Autocomplete`, `Fuzzy`, `Phrase` or `Wild`, you can add a field restriction. If you set a field restriction, TermExpand returns only terms that appear in this field. You can use only fields that you set in the UnstemmedTrackFields configuration parameter.

Specify field restrictions in the form `Text=Text:Field`, where:

- `Text` is the misspelled or Wildcard term to expand.

- `Field` is the field to restrict by.

Actions: | TermExpand
Type: | String
Default: |
Example: | `TermExpand&Text=ryhthm&Expansion=Fuzzy` This example returns terms whose spelling is similar to that of the term ryhthm (for example, `RHYTHM`, `RHYTHMIC`, and so on). `TermExpand&Text=Renolds:Author&Expansion=Fuzzy` This example returns terms whose spelling is similar to that of the term `Renolds` in the `Author` field (for example, `RENOLDS`, `RENNOLDS`, `REYNOLDS`, and so on). `TermExpand&Text=ar*&Expansion=Wild` This example returns terms that match the Wildcard term `car*` (for example, `CARAT`, `CARBONOXID`, `CARDIGAN`, and so on). `TermExpand&Text=Mauri*:Country&Expansion=Wild` This example returns terms that match the Wildcard term `Mauri*` in the `Country` field (for example, `MAURITANIA`, `MAURITIUS`). `TermExpand&Text=FKKKNNLLX&Expansion=Synonym` This example returns the term phrases that the synonym link `FKKKNNLLX` corresponds to (for example, if the synonym link was returned by a synonym query for dog, the synonym link might expand to `MANS BEST FRIEND`, `HOUND`, `DOG`, and so on).
See Also: | Expansion UnstemmedTrackFields configuration parameter Query action Synonym parameter

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