{"id":31810,"date":"2018-03-26T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/2019-1-2\/moduleplugin-configuration\/extraction-module\/fuzzy-search-improvement\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:28:35","slug":"fuzzy-search-improvement","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/products\/transact\/features-and-functions\/administrator\/moduleplugin-configuration\/extraction-module\/fuzzy-search-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuzzy Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Applies to:\u00a0<\/strong>Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0 and above<\/p>\n<p><b>Fuzzy Search\u00a0<\/b>is a checkbox available in\u00a0the<strong> Fuzzy Search Results<\/strong> window on the <strong>Validation<\/strong> screen. By default, Fuzzy Search is enabled.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the Fuzzy Search switch is used to look for multi-word records, all results relevant to the search argument will be fetched, irrespective of the <strong>Starts With<\/strong>, <strong>Ends With<\/strong>, <strong>Contains<\/strong>, <strong>Exact Match<\/strong> filters.<\/li>\n<li>If the Fuzzy Search switch is unselected, the results will be filtered according to the option used to perform the search (<strong>Starts With, Ends With, Contains, Exact Match<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1306\" height=\"607\" class=\"wp-image-14315\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-93.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-93.png 1306w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-93-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-93-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-93-1024x476.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1306px) 100vw, 1306px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suppose, the word \u201cBill\u201d is used as a search argument, and <strong>Exact Match<\/strong> as a search filter. When the Fuzzy Search option is not selected, the system will look for entries containing only \u201cBill\u201d, and will return no results (as there are no entries containing only \u201cBill\u201d in the database).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14316\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-94.png\" width=\"701\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-94.png 879w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-94-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-94-768x306.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the Fuzzy Search is selected, however, all results containing the word \u201cBill\u201d are fetched:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14317\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-95.png\" width=\"701\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-95.png 880w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-95-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-95-768x307.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are some sample cases, where search results are compared with <strong>Fuzzy Search<\/strong> option enabled and disabled for <strong>Starts With\/Ends With\/Contains<\/strong> search filters.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Search Filter: Starts With<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"425\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: ON<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: OFF<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"290\" class=\"wp-image-14318\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-96.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-96.png 1262w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-96-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-96-768x176.png 768w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-96-1024x235.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1262px) 100vw, 1262px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Search Filter: Ends With<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"425\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: ON<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: OFF<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"290\" class=\"wp-image-14319\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-97.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-97.png 1256w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-97-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-97-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-97-1024x236.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Search Filter: Contains<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"425\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: ON<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fuzzy Search: OFF<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"290\" class=\"wp-image-14320\" style=\"border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;padding: 1px;margin: 2px\" src=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-98.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-98.png 1256w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-98-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-98-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/word-image-98-1024x236.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Web Services<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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