Fuzzy match
You can set fuzzy match criteria to allow for common misspellings and American spelling.
1. In Amlib navigate to Main > Supervisor > Fuzzy Match
The Fuzzy Matches allow entries of synonyms, possible plurals, rules & alternatives for words and symbols that may be entered in searches.
The - symbols indicate spaces e.g. -% indicates to the system to take that character (or word) and space away e.g. War and peace. The system would take away the and as well as the extra space, search for war peace (if a fuzzy match was on -& for and). If the search was for War & peace, the system would take away the & sign as well as the extra space, search for war peace (if there was a fuzzy match on -% for &).
The _ symbol M_N indicates that there could be any single character instead of the _ e.g. if someone typed Woman, search also for Women. M_N indicates that there could be any letter substituted between the M and the N. For example it will find MEN and MAN.
The % symbol indicates that there could be any number of characters substituted. For example M%N would return Moon, Man, Men, Mean, Meridian etc.
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COLUMN HEADER |
DESCRIPTION |
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Type 1,5,10 |
1 |
Exact word |
For the hierarchy of display in the table only so that certain items can be seen together etc. For example substitute S at the end of the word for % (any character) to get singular, plurals which include ‘es’ as well as ‘s’ etc. This fuzzy match would therefore have a type of 10. |
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5 |
Middle only |
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10 |
End only |
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Replace This |
The original search term/s |
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With This |
The search term with the fuzzy logic rule applied |
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Min. Word Size |
The minimum size of the word to which the fuzzy match rules be applied |
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Notes |
Notes for the administrator, giving an indicator as to what the replacement will do or the reasons behind the change e.g. Plural |
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You may create a new fuzzy match by clicking on [F1]New. Enter the details as necessary and click [F3]Save.
Remember to log out of Amlib completely for these changes to take effect.
Suggested fuzzy matches
Type 1 – exact word
Type 5 – characters in the middle of the word only Type 10 – Characters at the end of the word.
Type 10 – characters at the end of the word
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Type |
Replace This |
With This |
Min. |
Notes |
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1 |
& |
-% |
1 |
General and search |
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1 |
AND |
-% |
3 |
General and search |
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1 |
MAN |
M_N |
3 |
man men |
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1 |
MEN |
M_N |
3 |
men man |
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1 |
WOMAN |
WOM_N |
5 |
woman, women |
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1 |
WOMEN |
WOM_N |
5 |
women, woman |
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5 |
BOR |
BO%R |
5 |
spell |
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5 |
BOUR |
BO%R |
6 |
spell |
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5 |
CIE |
C |
7 |
ie I before e except after c (mostly) |
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5 |
LOR |
LO%R |
5 |
spell English/American |
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5 |
LOUR |
LO%R |
6 |
spell English/American |
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5 |
S |
_ |
6 |
s and z ie organize |
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5 |
VOR |
VO%R |
5 |
spell |
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5 |
VOUR |
VO%R |
6 |
spell |
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5 |
Z |
_ |
6 |
z ans s ie organize |
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10 |
BOR |
BO%R |
5 |
spell |
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10 |
BOUR |
BO%R |
5 |
spell |
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10 |
LOR |
LO%R |
5 |
spell English/American |
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10 |
LOUR |
LO%R |
6 |
spell English/American |
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10 |
VOR |
VO%R |
5 |
spell |
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10 |
VOUR |
VO%R |
6 |
spell |
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10 |
S |
% |
5 |
plurals |