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How to check if search term is listed as "Noise" word

Last updated on 28 February 2021

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1     Overview

When doing a quick search in M-Files using the default search engine (DtSearch), the search might not give any results if the used search term(s) consists only of "common" words.
 

2     Cause and Reason

Common words such as "the" and "be" are considered as noise words and are  as default not used in searches to avoid too many search results.
 

3     Solution / Workaround

You can find the complete list of (language specific) noise words in the 'noise.dat' files:

   C:\Program Files\M-Files\<version>\Server\<language>oise.dat

If you need to use these words as a search terms, the following steps are needed:

1) Remove the word from the language-specific noise.dat -file

2) Run 'Rebuild Full-text Search Index' for the Vault, Note! Depending on the Vault size this operation can take a long time and this action should be planned with care.

3) Try searching again
 

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