Got it. Many thanks, Chad!! Kim On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 3:16 PM Chad Petrovay <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You can only search a phrase whose word length is shorter then your > defined max length. For instance, if your maximum length was set to 3 (the > system default), you could not perform a phrase search for "President of > the United States". The larger your maximum length, the more rows that need > inserting into TermSearch - which (theoretically) slows down field update > times and increases the size of your database. > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:48 PM Kimberly Koons <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Ok - very helpful, Chad -- thanks!! >> >> So the payoff (or consequences) of defining "maximum word length" is >> (are)....?? >> >> K >> >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:41 PM Chad Petrovay <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Certain fields in TMS are indexed in the TermSearch table, these include >>> titles, descriptions, provenance, etc. The full list can be seen by going >>> to *Maintenance > Database > Maintain Search Terms *in the Objects >>> module. >>> >>> These fields are broken down into a list of keywords - that are not in >>> your Stop Word list (*Maintenance > Authorities > Other > Stop Word*s) >>> and have a length greater than a configuration value ( >>> *System.SearchTerm.MinimumLength*). >>> >>> When you search for Cat Dog (using AND) the system will look for >>> entries that have the keyword Cat and the keyword Dog in the TermSearch >>> table. This search would retrieve a piece titled "The Content Cat and the >>> Mischievous Dog". However, if you wanted to search for the phrase "Cat >>> Dog" (one word followed by the next word) this requires phrase indexing >>> (*System.SearchTerm.WordBreaker.Phrases*). If you do not have phrase >>> indexing configured, TMS will not return any records, even if there is an >>> object with the title "Behold: the elusive cat dog". >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:21 PM Kimberly Koons <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, I am going to ask the dumb question: what is "phrase indexing"?? >>>> >>>> Kim Koons >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:46 AM Chad Petrovay <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> A question for institutions that have phrase indexing turned on in >>>>> TMS: What have you configured as your maximum word length? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks ~Chad >>>>> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >>>>> following commands in the body of the email: >>>>> >>>>> signoff TMSUSERS >>>>> >>>>> // eoj >>>>> >>>>> You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been >>>>> removed. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kimberly Koons, Presidential Libraries Museum Collections Officer >>>> National Archives & Records Administration >>>> 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW >>>> Washington, D.C. 20408 >>>> 202-357-5082 >>>> 301-837-0873 >>>> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >>>> following commands in the body of the email: >>>> >>>> signoff TMSUSERS >>>> >>>> // eoj >>>> >>>> You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been >>>> removed. >>>> >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >>> following commands in the body of the email: >>> >>> signoff TMSUSERS >>> >>> // eoj >>> >>> You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kimberly Koons, Presidential Libraries Museum Collections Officer >> National Archives & Records Administration >> 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW >> Washington, D.C. 20408 >> 202-357-5082 >> 301-837-0873 >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >> following commands in the body of the email: >> >> signoff TMSUSERS >> >> // eoj >> >> You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. >> > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. > -- Kimberly Koons, Presidential Libraries Museum Collections Officer National Archives & Records Administration 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20408 202-357-5082 301-837-0873 To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.