Creating a new dictionary type for a custom dictionary

1. Select Start > Apps > Dictionary Loader.
   The Dictionary Loader dialog box appears.
2. Select a connection and connect to the database.
   For more information, see Connecting to the database.
3. Select the Types node for the active connection from the Data Connections tree in the left pane.
   Information about the Dictionary Types for this connection appears in the top pane.
4. Select File > New > New Dictionary Type.

   The New Type dialog box appears.

   When working in the grid:

   • Note that each row represents one level in the dictionary.
   • Use the buttons to add and remove levels and to change the order of levels for the dictionary type.
   • Create at least one level.
   • Create the same number of terms (one or two) at each level.
5. Enter the following information:
   • Type—The name for the new dictionary type.
   • Description—A description of the dictionary type. OPTIONAL.
   • Supports Stopwords—Select if you want to run the algorithm steps that remove stopwords from the text to be coded for dictionaries of this type.
   • Term—A label for the first term of this level.
   • Additional Information—A label for each additional level of the dictionary. Separate each additional information item with a pipe ( | ).
   • Abbreviation—An abbreviated name to identify this level.

     The full name of this level is the label for the first term, concatenated with the label for the second term.

   • Tablename—The name of the table to create in the schema of a dictionary of this type to hold data for this level.
   • Filename—The name of the flat file that contains the data for this level.
   • Encoding—The encoding type of the file specified in the Filename field. OPTIONAL.

     If not specified, the default encoding type is used.

   • Delimiter—The field delimiter used in records in the file specified in the Filename field. OPTIONAL.

     If not specified, the default delimiter is used.

6. Click OK.
   The custom dictionary type is added to the Dictionary Types pane in the Dictionary Loader tool.