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CraigHumphrey
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Re: Synonyms in modern search - still AWOL?
Thanks DaveMehr365, Yeah, but that's still using Query Rules to manage Synonyms, which is less than ideal. We may have to start down that path and then migrate to Search Taxonomy if/when Microsoft finally supports it for Modern Search. Not ideal... Thanks agian. Craig2.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Synonyms in modern search - still AWOL?
Thanks David, a quick read suggests that hacking acronyms to do synonyms is not going to do what we want. While they've upgraded Bing search to be able to just enter the acronym, SharePoint Search (the key one for us) is centered around specific phrasing and is about returning the definition, not about finding search results. At least, that's my reading of Qs 2 and 3 from the FAQ: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/manage-acronyms#frequently-asked-questions2.6KViews0likes2CommentsSynonyms in modern search - still AWOL?
So it looks like Synonyms (aka the Search Thesaurus/Dictionaries in the Term store) is still not supported by Modern Search. Some searching suggests that people were previously being pointed at a particular UserVoice request for this feature, but that's gone. There's a few references to using Query Rules to do something similar, but while that might work for a handful of words, it quickly gets unmanageable. There's https://www.eliostruyf.com/a-better-way-for-search-synonyms-in-sharepoint-online-2013-2016/ 2016 reference to using some JavaScript to add synonyms, from a SharePoint list, to the query, as you query. Is that really as good as it gets in 2022? Does anyone know if well overdue support for synonyms is on Microsoft's roadmap (I can't see anything obvious on their https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=#owRoadmapMainContent)? For context: We're trying to setup a mechanism to handle bi-lingual text and mixed macron support. In New Zealand, Māori is our indigenous language, and is increasingly being used in content, however relatively few people speak/type it and even fewer get the macrons right. So, the ability to set up a thesaurus/synonyms, with the English, Māori and un-macroned Māori (which could be Maori or Maaori, I believe), would be really useful for search. I vaguely recall in the SharePoint on-prem days, that you had to set up your SQL DBs to be accent-insensitive, so that search wouldn't care about accents/macrons and SharePoint Online may still behave this way, but we'd still like to set up the English to Māori and have the option for alternative spellings.2.9KViews0likes4CommentsWatermarking based on sensitivity labels misses the point - feature request
Hi, in the past I've used other RMS products, primarily focused on PDF content (yes, Adobe RMS and others) and the primary driver for watermarking RMS content is to determine the source of the leak and when it happened. So watermarks have the username of the person viewing the document and the time at which they were viewing it - so any screenshots/printouts/photos/etc identify who was looking at the document and when. However, Microsoft's dynamic watermarking using variables, is only able to determine the username and time when the labelling occurred. Doesn't this miss the point? Can I please request the ability to dynamically watermark at VIEW time, so that we can determine who is leaking content. Thanks Craig
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