Predict Parameter
You can use the Predict
parameter to instruct the IDOL Content component to use statistical sampling to estimate the total number of results that are available. You must also set TotalResults
to True
for your query action. Prediction can increase the query speed.
If you set Predict
to False
, Content counts all results and in addition prints the number of results for each database. For example:
http://IDOLhost:IDOLport/action=Query&Text=A fast sports car&TotalResults=True&Predict=True
In this example, if you have set TotalResultsPredictionThreshold
to 100
, Content uses statistical sampling to estimate the total number of results that are available for the query. If fewer than 100 results are available for the query, Content returns the exact number of total results.
If you do not want Content to display the number of results for each database, you can set the TotalResultsPrintDatabase
configuration parameter to False
.