The Thesaurus feature in SharePoint is associated with
the SharePoint Search Service Application. In SharePoint Search if you want to
include synonyms also in Search results for specific keywords, you need to
import a thesaurus file into SharePoint.
In case you search for IE and you
want the Search Results to include IE and Internet explorer, you need to have a
thesaurus file uploaded with these entries into SharePoint
Thesaurus file is normally used to specify synonyms for
a single word or multiple words that occur in queries. The query is expanded
based on the entries in the thesaurus. You create and maintain the thesaurus
file in a system external to SharePoint 2013 before you import it into
SharePoint 2013 to make the synonyms available to the search system.
It should be a .csv file with the columns Key, Synonym
and Language
- In the Key
column, enter the term (single or multiple words) that you want to trigger a
synonym for when the term occurs in a query.
- In the Synonym
column, enter the synonym (single or multiple words) that you want to add to
the query if the term specified in the Key column occurs in a query. Synonyms
consisting of multiple words will be added as phrases to the query.
- In the optional Language
column, enter the abbreviation for the language for which the synonym should
apply.If you leave this column empty, the query is expanded with the synonym
regardless of the query language.
Note : Make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces
around the terms
Example of a thesaurus looks like this :
Key,Synonym,Language
IE,Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer,IE
UN,United Nations,en
Implementing Thesaurus in SharePoint 2013
