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# text_to_docs

The `text_to_docs` function splits a file into multiple documents.

## Syntax

    text_to_docs( doc, sectionName, filename)

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`doc` | (LuaDocument) The document that you want to divide into multiple documents.
`sectionName` | (string) The name of the section in the CFS configuration file that contains the TextToDocs configuration parameters. For information about these parameters, see TextToDocs Task Parameters.
`filename` | (string) The file that contains the text to be converted (the original file that resulted in the document).

## Returns

LuaDocuments. A list of document objects representing the documents that are produced.

## Example

You might have a connector ingesting files from a repository, but want to split those files into multiple documents. The following example uses the get_filename function to find the path of the file associated with an ingested document, and uses the `text_to_docs` function to generate multiple documents. This example splits the file using settings in the `[MyTextToDocs]` section of the CFS configuration file. It then calls the ingest function to add the resulting documents to the ingest queue.

    function handler(document)
       if document:hasField("PROCESSED") then
         return true
       end

       local file = get_filename(document)
       local docs = text_to_docs(document, "MyTextToDocs", file)

       for i, doc in ipairs(docs) do
          doc:addField("PROCESSED", "YES")
          ingest(doc)
       end

       return true
    end

In this example, the original documents are also indexed. If you want to index only the documents generated by the `text_to_docs` function, you could return `false` from the `handler` function.

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Version 25.4 | Last updated October 2025

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Connector Framework Server 25.4

Topic Title: text_to_docs