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* hybris/Solr has a limited support of multi-word synonyms

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Worked in the previous versions of Hybris
latest versions of Hybris doesnt support MWS

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partially the issue is fixed in Solr 6.5 (hybris 6.6?)

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Index-time Query-time Index-time expansion
expansion expansion
Query-time expansion
What is the What is the

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United
capital of capital of
Airlines
America the USA
Example:
Original document:
Query
what is the

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Analyzer
Washington is the capital of ADDED
first President the USA United Washington is the first president
of the USA United
of the USA

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States of
States of America
America
ADDED Synonyms:

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Index
Analyzer Documents
Documents USA->USA, United States of America
with
with USA
States Queries:
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Documents Documents
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United Airlines
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America United
Washington is the
first President Documents with Documents with
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Hybris OOTB doesnt support MWS:

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the USA -> the United States Of America

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Very useful for all markets:

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BIGRAM MATCHING: TYPOS AND MISSPELLINGS: Supporting Acronyms and Slang

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High heels -> Highheels Espreso->espresso
Highheels -> High heels Expresso maker -> espresso maker
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Coca-cola -> cocacola
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7UP -> 7 UP =
7 UP -> 7UP (different ways to name the country)

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User Query: The rule used in the example:
the first president of the USA
the USA => the United

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Phrases used in the the United States of America
search (single words States of America
aren t here for the United States of America SUBPHRASE BOOST-4

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of the United States of America SUBPHRASE BOOST-3

president of the United States of America SUBPHRASE BOOST-2

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first president of the United States of America SUBPHRASE BOOST-1

the first president of the United States of America PHRASE BOOST

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USA
the USA
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of the USA SUBPHRASE BOOST-3

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president of the USA SUBPHRASE BOOST-2
first president of the USA SUBPHRASE BOOST-1

the first president of the USA PHRASE BOOST

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DRAWBACKS?

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Long and complex queries! GET requests limit!
Subphrase boost value?

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Depends on the subphrase length but not value

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Stopword removal is needed to avoid subphrases with the stopwords
Because internally in SOLR

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