Find 25.4
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# Configure Different Document Root Fields

In most standard configurations, index XML files have a root field `DOCUMENTS`, which contains all the individual documents and fields. Depending on your Content component configuration, you might have other root fields. In this case you must also configure Find to recognize the different document root fields so that it can extract the parametric fields from different documents.

To configure Find to recognize different root fields

1. Go to the Find home directory.

2. Open `config.json` in a text editor.

3. Find the `idolFieldPathNormalizerXMLPrefixes` property (or add it if it does not exist), and set it to an array of XML root fields that you want to use. For example:

       "idolFieldPathNormalizerXMLPrefixes" : [ "DOCUMENTS", "ADMISSIONLIST" ]

4. Save the file, and then restart Find to apply your configuration changes.

NOTE: If you define custom field roots, you cannot use full field paths in your `fieldsInfo` configuration (in the `names` array). You must specify the leaf field node only. For example, if your documents include the field `ADMISSIONLIST/DOCUMENT/COUNTRY_ORIGIN`, specify it as `COUNTRY_ORIGIN` only:

    "fieldsInfo": {
       "country": {
          "names": [ "COUNTRY_ORIGIN" ]
       }

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Find 25.4

Topic Title: Configure Different Document Root Fields