# AbridgedThreshold

The maximum number of initial results. If the Distributed Action Handler sends requests for a large amount of data to its child servers (for example, by including a high `MaxResults` or `Start` value in an action), you can use `AbridgedThreshold` to speed up the query process time.

`AbridgedThreshold` defines the maximum number of results that a `Query`, `Suggest` or `SuggestOnText` action can return before the returned data is abridged.

If the abridged query format is enabled and used, initially the child servers return only enough data to determine the top results. Distributed Action Handler then requests the rest of the information for the top results, by sending `GetContent` requests to the appropriate child servers.

NOTE: You can set `AbridgedThreshold` to `-1` to disable abridging, or to 0 to always use abridging.

Type: | Long
Default: | -1
Allowed Range: | Minimum: -1 Maximum: 1000000
Recommended Range: | Minimum: 1 Maximum: 100000
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | Server
Example: | `AbridgedThreshold=90`
See Also: | AbridgedFull AbridgedGetContentBatchSize

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