Creating and Implementing the Synonym List for the Thesaurus
The
thesaurus is a comma-delimited file, in which each line represents
a single thesaurus entry. After you create the file, you load it into the Search Service.
- Create a comma-delimited, UTF-8 file containing the desired
thesaurus entries.
For details on how to format entries, see About the Thesaurus File.
Note: Thesaurus entries must be in lower-case.
- Stop the Search
Service.
The comma-delimited file is converted to a binary format in
the next step. The conversion removes and replaces certain files used
by the Search Service, and this removal and replacement cannot be
done while the Search Service is running.
- At a command
prompt, run the customize utility.
The customize
utility is located in the bin\native directory
of the Search Service installation (for example, C:\bea\alui\ptsearchserver\6.5\bin\native\customize.exe). The utility must be run from a command prompt, taking command-line
arguments for the thesaurus file and the path to the Search Service
installation:
customize -r thesaurus_file SEARCH_HOME
Replace thesaurus
file with the path to the thesaurus file and replaceSEARCH_HOME with the root directory of the Search Service
installation.
For example, if your thesaurus file is located in \temp and your Search Service was installed in the default
location, type:customize -r \temp\thesaurus.cdf C:\bea\alui\ptsearchserver\6.5
The files in SEARCH_HOME\common are removed and replaced by files of the same name, though their
contents now represent the mappings created by the customize utility.
- Restart
the Search Service.
The files produced by the customize utility are loaded
when the Search Service starts.
If you have not already done so, you must enable the thesaurus
in the Search Results Manager.
