Distributed Index Handler 26.2
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# DistributeOnMultipleFieldValues

The behavior to use when a document matches more than one child server in DistributeByFields mode.

Set to `False` to index the document only into the server with the lowest number.

Set to `True` to index the document into each server group that matches a field value in the document. In this case, when a document contains multiple occurrences of the distribution field, DIH sends the document to each child server group that contains a matching field value. DIH sends documents to each child server at most once, and does not index it multiple times, even if there are multiple matches of its field values.

NOTE: DIH distributes each document to only one child server group for each field value in a document.

When you set `DistributeOnMultipleFieldValues` to `True`, DIH can distribute a document with multiple occurrences of the distribution fields to multiple target child servers, but only once for each field value.

Type: | Boolean
Default: | False
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | Server
Example: | `DistributeOnMultipleFieldValues=True`
See Also: | DistributeByFields DistributeByFieldsCSVs DistributeByFieldsValues UnknownFieldValueAction

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Distributed Index Handler 26.2

Topic Title: DistributeOnMultipleFieldValues