Serving > Front Ends > Related Queries

You use Related Queries to associate alternative words or phrases with specified search terms. When a user enters the specified search term, the alternative appears as a suggestion. The user can click the suggested alternative to start another search. For example, if a user searches for "Mark Twain," the search results can suggest "Sam Clemens." If the user searches for "File Transfer Protocol," the search results can suggest "FTP." Related queries appear on the search page after the words "You could also try," unless you change the text by using the XSLT Stylesheet.

Related queries appear as suggestions on the search results page only when a user searches for the exact search term that you specify. A related query does not apply to part of a search term. For example, if you associate the related query "Sam Clemens" with the search term "Mark Twain" and a user searches for "Mark Twain stories," the search results do not suggest "Sam Clemens stories."

Related queries work in only one direction. If you specify that term B is a related query for term A, the results page displays a suggestion to try term B after a user searches for term A. If the user searches for term B, no suggestion appears. To create reciprocal associations, you specify two queries, so that each term is a related query for the other.

On the Related Queries page, you enter a search term and specify the related query that you want to suggest to users. Search terms and related queries can be words or phrases.

Note: If you change or create new search queries, expect a time delay before the configuration is updated.

Examples:

Search Term	Related Query
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization	NATO
Mark Twain	Sam Clemens
Sam Clemens	none

To use related queries:

1. Click Serving and then click Front Ends.
2. Click the Edit link next to the collection front end you want to edit.
3. Click the Related Queries tab.
   From this page you can view, edit, create, and import and export related queries.

To view related queries:

1. Click the View Related Queries link.
2. To search for related queries on this page, enter a complete or partial related query in the search field and click the Search button.
   All related queries containing the search string are displayed.
3. Click the Show All Related Queries link to display all available related queries.

To edit related queries:

1. Click the Edit Related Queries link.
2. To search for related queries on this page, enter a complete or partial related query in the search field and click the Search button.
   All related queries containing the search string are displayed.
3. Click the Show All Related Queries link to display all available related queries.
4. To delete a related query, select the box to the left of the related query.
5. When all changes have been made, click the Save Changes button.

To add new related queries:

1. Click the Add Related Queries link (the default).
2. In the Search Term field, enter a search term.
3. In the Related Query field, enter a suggested related query.
4. Click the Save New Related Queries button. The View Related Queries page is displayed.

To import or export related queries:

Note: Because related queries are overwritten when a new related queries file is imported, export a current version before making changes. See steps 4 and 5.

1. Click the Import/Export Related Queries link.
2. To import related queries from a URL, enter the URL in the URL field and click the Import Related Queries Now button.
3. To import related queries from a file, click the Browse button, select the file, click Open, and click the Import Related Queries Now button.
4. To export related queries from this system to a local file, click the Export Related Queries Now button.
   The File Download wizard is displayed.
5. Save the file with a .csv extension, which can be imported to Microsoft® Excel™.