Content Component 26.1
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# Configure a Field Process

The `[FieldProcessing]` section in the Content component configuration file allows you to identify particular fields in documents. You can then apply any type of processing to them or the document that contains them during the indexing process, depending on the field value.

In this way you can apply multiple processes to documents without needing to set up a configuration section for each process combination.

NOTE: When identifying fields, use the following formats:

- `/FieldName` to match root-level fields.

- `*/FieldName` to match all fields except root-level.

- `/Path/FieldName` to match fields that the specified path points to.

Field names must not contain spaces, accents, or multibyte characters, and they must not start with a number. For IDX documents, Content converts these text elements to underscores (_) when it indexes the fields. You must also change any queries that reference these field names to use the modified field name.

To apply processes to fields or documents that contain specific fields

1. Open the Content component configuration file in a text editor.

2. In the `[FieldProcessing]` section, list the processes to apply to fields. For example:

       [FieldProcessing]
       0=MyFirstProcess
       1=IndexFields
       2=MyCombinedProcess
       3=IndexAndWeightHigher

3. Create a section for each process that you listed. In each section, declare a property for the process (you define the property later by setting one or more applicable configuration parameters). Identify the fields to associate with the processes.

   You can use the PropertyMatch parameter to identify a specific value that fields must have to be processed. (This is useful if you set up a process that identifies security or language fields.)

   NOTE: The properties that you create must not have the same name as the processes.

   For example:

       [MyFirstProcess]
       Property=MyFirstProperty
       PropertyFieldCSVs=*/MyField,*/MySecondField
       PropertyMatch=*myString*

       [IndexFields]
       Property=MySecondProperty
       PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DRECONTENT,*/DRETITLE

       [MyCombinedProcess]
       Property=MyCombinedProperty
       PropertyFieldCSVs=*/MyDateField,*/MyIndexField

       [IndexAndWeightHigher]
       Property=IndexHigherWeight
       PropertyFieldCSVs=*/SUMMARIES

4. Create a section for each of the properties and specify appropriate configuration parameters for each. These configuration parameters define the processes that are applied to all the fields (or all documents that contain the fields) that you previously associated with the processes.

   For example:

       [MyFirstProperty]
       HiddenType=True

       [MySecondProperty]
       Index=True

       [MyCombinedProperty]
       DateType=True
       Index=True

       [IndexHigherWeight]
       Index=True
       Weight=2

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Example:

    [FieldProcessing]
    0=IndexFields
    1=IndexAndWeightHigher
    2=SectionBreakFields
    3=DateFields
    4=DatabaseFields
    5=SetReferenceFields

    [IndexFields]
    // Controls which fields are indexed
    Property=Index
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DRECONTENT,*/DRETITLE

    [IndexAndWeightHigher]
    // Fields to index with a weight
    Property=IndexWeight
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/SUMMARIES

    [SectionBreakFields]
    // Field containing document section number
    Property=Section
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DRESECTION

    [DateFields]
    // Fields containing the document date
    Property=Date
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DREDATE,*/harvest_time

    [DatabaseFields]
    // CSV of field names that define the document database
    Property=Database
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DREDBNAME

    [SetReferenceFields]
    // CSV of fields that define the document URL
    Property=Reference
    PropertyFieldCSVs=*/DREREFERENCE,*/DRETITLE

    //---------------------------Properties----------------------//

    [Index]
    Index=True

    [IndexWeight]
    Index=True
    Weight=2

    [Section]
    SectionBreakType=True

    [Date]
    DateType=True

    [Database]
    DatabaseType=True

    [Reference]
    ReferenceType=True
    TrimSpaces=True

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Content Component 26.1

Topic Title: Configure a Field Process