You can specify a search mode in the Search element of a Conversation Web Service query.
The search mode can be specified in a query by specifying the search mode in the Mode attribute.
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <Request xmlns="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/2010"> <FilterState/> <Operator xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="SearchOperator" Within="false"> <Search SpellMode="Default" Mode="AllPartial" Key="AllProps">merlot</Search> </Operator> <ContentElementConfig xsi:type="RecordListConfig" HandlerFunction="RecordListHandler" HandlerNamespace="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/handlers/2010" Id="RecordList" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <RecordsPerPage>5</RecordsPerPage> </ContentElementConfig> </Request> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>