Synonyms within FQ

[John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com>]

morning everyone,

i'm attempting to find related documents based on a manufacturer's
competitor. as such i'm querying against the 'description' field with
manufacturer1's product description but running a filter query with
manufacturer2's name against the 'mfgname' field.

one of the ways that we help boost our document finding is with a synonym
dictionary for manufacturer names. many of the larger players have multiple
divisions, have absorbed smaller companies, etc. so we need all of their
potential names to map to our record.

i may be wrong, but from my initial testing it doesn't seem to be applying
to a fq. is there any way of doing this?

thanks-

Re: Synonyms within FQ

[John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com>]

Thanks Erick!

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Erick Erickson <er...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> For future reference, fq clauses are parsed just like the q clause;
> they can be arbitrarily complex.
> Best,
> Erick
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 5:52 AM, John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com> wrote:
>> after further investigation it looks like the synonym i was testing against
>> was only associated with one of their multiple divisions (despite being the
>> most common name for them!). it looks like this may clear the issue up, but
>> thanks anyway!
>>
>> --
>> *John Blythe*
>> Product Manager & Lead Developer
>>
>> 251.605.3071 | john@curvolabs.com
>> www.curvolabs.com
>>
>> 58 Adams Ave
>> Evansville, IN 47713
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:33 AM, John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> morning everyone,
>>>
>>> i'm attempting to find related documents based on a manufacturer's
>>> competitor. as such i'm querying against the 'description' field with
>>> manufacturer1's product description but running a filter query with
>>> manufacturer2's name against the 'mfgname' field.
>>>
>>> one of the ways that we help boost our document finding is with a synonym
>>> dictionary for manufacturer names. many of the larger players have multiple
>>> divisions, have absorbed smaller companies, etc. so we need all of their
>>> potential names to map to our record.
>>>
>>> i may be wrong, but from my initial testing it doesn't seem to be applying
>>> to a fq. is there any way of doing this?
>>>
>>> thanks-
>>>

Re: Synonyms within FQ

[Erick Erickson <er...@gmail.com>]

For future reference, fq clauses are parsed just like the q clause;
they can be arbitrarily complex.

Best,
Erick

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 5:52 AM, John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com> wrote:
> after further investigation it looks like the synonym i was testing against
> was only associated with one of their multiple divisions (despite being the
> most common name for them!). it looks like this may clear the issue up, but
> thanks anyway!
>
> --
> *John Blythe*
> Product Manager & Lead Developer
>
> 251.605.3071 | john@curvolabs.com
> www.curvolabs.com
>
> 58 Adams Ave
> Evansville, IN 47713
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:33 AM, John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com> wrote:
>
>> morning everyone,
>>
>> i'm attempting to find related documents based on a manufacturer's
>> competitor. as such i'm querying against the 'description' field with
>> manufacturer1's product description but running a filter query with
>> manufacturer2's name against the 'mfgname' field.
>>
>> one of the ways that we help boost our document finding is with a synonym
>> dictionary for manufacturer names. many of the larger players have multiple
>> divisions, have absorbed smaller companies, etc. so we need all of their
>> potential names to map to our record.
>>
>> i may be wrong, but from my initial testing it doesn't seem to be applying
>> to a fq. is there any way of doing this?
>>
>> thanks-
>>

Re: Synonyms within FQ

[John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com>]

after further investigation it looks like the synonym i was testing against
was only associated with one of their multiple divisions (despite being the
most common name for them!). it looks like this may clear the issue up, but
thanks anyway!

-- 
*John Blythe*
Product Manager & Lead Developer

251.605.3071 | john@curvolabs.com
www.curvolabs.com

58 Adams Ave
Evansville, IN 47713

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:33 AM, John Blythe <jo...@curvolabs.com> wrote:

> morning everyone,
>
> i'm attempting to find related documents based on a manufacturer's
> competitor. as such i'm querying against the 'description' field with
> manufacturer1's product description but running a filter query with
> manufacturer2's name against the 'mfgname' field.
>
> one of the ways that we help boost our document finding is with a synonym
> dictionary for manufacturer names. many of the larger players have multiple
> divisions, have absorbed smaller companies, etc. so we need all of their
> potential names to map to our record.
>
> i may be wrong, but from my initial testing it doesn't seem to be applying
> to a fq. is there any way of doing this?
>
> thanks-
>