after further investigation it looks like the synonym i was testing against was only associated with one of their multiple divisions (despite being the most common name for them!). it looks like this may clear the issue up, but thanks anyway!
-- *John Blythe* Product Manager & Lead Developer 251.605.3071 | j...@curvolabs.com www.curvolabs.com 58 Adams Ave Evansville, IN 47713 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:33 AM, John Blythe <j...@curvolabs.com> wrote: > morning everyone, > > i'm attempting to find related documents based on a manufacturer's > competitor. as such i'm querying against the 'description' field with > manufacturer1's product description but running a filter query with > manufacturer2's name against the 'mfgname' field. > > one of the ways that we help boost our document finding is with a synonym > dictionary for manufacturer names. many of the larger players have multiple > divisions, have absorbed smaller companies, etc. so we need all of their > potential names to map to our record. > > i may be wrong, but from my initial testing it doesn't seem to be applying > to a fq. is there any way of doing this? > > thanks- >
