Features of Zing text indexing and search engine
Enable and configure Zing text indexing and search engine features.
| Feature | Description | Top tasks | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zing indexes words | Index documents by dividing them into words. Depending on the languages your instance supports, a word may be a single character such as a Chinese or Japanese pictogram or a sequence of characters separated by spaces such as with Latin, Arabic, and Pinyin languages. | - Configure a table for indexing and searching - Regenerate a text index for a table - Configure tables to use the Japanese tokenizer | Active |
| Zing computes document scores using three components | Compute document scores based on the frequency, sequence, and weight of search terms in the document. | - Score search terms by inverse document frequency (IDF) - Set the relative weight of a field | Active |
| Global search finds records from multiple tables | Search multiple record types from a single search field. | - Add a search group for Core UI - Configure a table for indexing and searching | Active |
| Search results page in Core UI and UI15 | Display global text search results for each table as Zing generates them. | - Add a search group for Core UI - Revert to the legacy global search UI | Active |
| List search finds records from the current table | Search records from a table list view. | - Configure a table for indexing and searching - Regenerate a text index for a table | Active |
| Zing can include attachments in search results | Search content from attachments on indexed tables. Display attachments for search results from the Knowledge \[kb\_knowledge\] table. | - Index attachments on a table - Configure a table for indexing and searching | Active |
| Zing removes stop words from queries | Remove common words from search queries that don't produce meaningful results. | - Configure a global stop word - Configure a table-specific stop word | Active |
| Zing matches derived words with stemming | Convert any multiple-character search keyword to its stem form to find derived versions of the word. | - System Localization properties - Activate a language | Active |
| Zing can expand search results with synonyms | Expand search results to include additional search terms. Image omitted: icon-configuration-required.png icon Requires configuration before use | - Enable search synonyms - Create synonym dictionaries | Inactive |