Semantic Search - Analyze Search Input

The Semantic Search - Analyze Search Input form lets you change the weight of a concept (by clicking an item to reveal the weighting scale), add new concepts, or remove concepts before you run your search.

Add

Click this button to add the concept you entered in the adjacent box.

Show Check Boxes

Click this button to show check boxes that indicate whether a concept is included in the search (checked) or ignored (not checked). These check boxes allow you to quickly ignore multiple concepts. See Semantic Search - Weighting Scale for more information about concept weighting.

Hide Check Boxes

Click this button to hide check boxes that indicate whether a concept is included in the search (checked) or ignored (not checked).

Update Display

Click this button to refresh the display.

Search Terms

The concepts that will be used in the search are listed with the weighting shown in brackets.

Search Now (not available when running a FOCUS™ search)

Click this button to initiate your search.

Restrictions (not available when running a FOCUS search)

This area shows the restrictions you chose for your search.

Edit (not available when running a FOCUS search)

Click this link to edit your restrictions.

Back (when running a FOCUS search)

Click this button to go back to the Use Semantic Concepts form.

Go (when running a FOCUS search)

Click this button to run your search using the concepts and weightings you've selected.

Modifying Semantic Concepts

1. Review the concepts to determine whether they are weighted as you'd like.
   
   Tip:  You can use the visual display in the "cloud" or you can look at the Search Terms area below the cloud, where numeric weightings are shown.
   
   See Semantic Search - Weighting Scale for details.
   
   
2. Click a concept within the cloud to open the weighting scale.
3. Use the scale to choose a new weighting for this concept, or click Delete Concept to remove the concept from the list.
4. If desired, click the Show Check Boxes button to select multiple items to be ignored.
5. Click Apply to save your changes and return to the Analyze Search Input page.
6. If desired, click the Update Display button to see the changes you made within the cloud.
7. Once you are satisfied with your concept weightings, click Search Now to run your search.

Editing Semantic Search Restrictions

1. Click the Edit link next to Restrictions.
   
   Options are displayed for you to further restrict your results. If you want to hide the restrictions, click Hide Edit.
2. Click Search Now when your restrictions and concept weightings have all been set.