Creating a partial-match search interface

You can create a search interface for the all-terms property.

Although not required, it is a good idea that you create a search interface for the all-terms property. The MatchPartial search mode should be configured for the interface, thus allowing matches on subsets of queries.

To create a partial-match search interface:

  1. In the Project tab of Developer Studio, double-click Search Interfaces.
  2. To begin creating the search interface, click New.
  3. In the main dialog of the New Search Interface editor, enter a name for the interface.
  4. In the Allow Cross-field drop-down, select Always.
  5. From the All (searchable) members panel, select the all-terms property and add it to the Selected members box.
  6. Click the Relevance Ranking Modules button and add the NTerms (Number of Terms) module.
  7. Click the Options button to open the Search Interface Options editor. In the editor, configure the following recommended values:
    Field Recommended Value
    Customize partial match settings Checked
    Match at least ... words 2
    Omit at most ... words 0
  8. Save the configured interface.

The following is an example of a partial-match search interface named clustersPartial that was created for the all-terms property named P_AllTerms.