Named Entity Recognition Server 26.2
Named Entity Recognition Server Reference

# AllowOverlaps

A Boolean value that specifies whether to return more than one match, when Named Entity Recognition finds overlapping matches that start at different characters (offsets). To return overlapping matches set this parameter to `True`.

For more information, see the AllowOverlaps configuration parameter.

Action: | EduceFromFile, EduceFromText, RedactFromFile, RedactFromText
Type: | Boolean
Default: | The value of the AllowOverlaps configuration parameter
Example: | `AllowOverlaps=True`
See Also: | NonGreedyMatch

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Named Entity Recognition Server 26.2

Topic Title: AllowOverlaps