Implementing value search with the API

This section provides examples of Conversation Web Service requests and responses, and describes parameters you can use for value search.

Value search query format
To make a value search query, use a ValueSearchConfig type, specifying a SearchTerm element and, optionally, the attributes within which you would like to search.
Restricting value search to specific attributes
Value search queries could potentially contain many results.
Limiting the number of results per attribute
Another way to limit value search results is to specify the number of values to return for each record attribute, using the MaxPerProperty element of ValueSearchConfig.
Retrieving the number of matching results
The standard response to any value search request always includes information about the total number of matched values found, and whether all of them have been returned in this request. This information is returned in the TotalValuesCount and HasMore attributes on the PropertyMatches element.
Ordering results
Value search results consist of values grouped by record attribute. Attributes in the result list are returned in ascending alphabetical order.
Specifying relevance ranking strategy for results
To rank the order of results received in response for a value search request, you can use the RelevanceRankingStrategy attribute.