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Managing Field Aliases

Within a field alias set, you can add, modify, or delete field aliases (see Administration Tool - Field Aliases Menu).  

You can only set one alias per field and an alias must be unique within an alias set. Consequently, when you want to change the alias associated with a field, you must first delete the alias, and then create a new one for this field.

Example: When you want to create a French alias for the sysauthor field, you must first delete the default author alias, and then add a new auteur alias for the sysauthor field.

Adding a new field alias

  1. On the Coveo server, access the Administration Tool (see Opening the Administration Tool).

  2. Select Configuration > Field Aliases.

  3. In the Field Alias Sets page, click the field alias set to which you want to add a field alias.

  4. In the Aliases page, click Add.

  5. In the Add Field Alias page:

    1. In the Alias box, enter the name of the field alias. The alias must not contain spaces or accented and other special characters and is not case sensitive.

      Example: author

    2. In the Field box, enter the name of the corresponding field.

      Example: sysauthor.

    3. Click Save.

Modify an existing field alias

  1. On the Coveo server, access the Administration Tool (see Opening the Administration Tool).

  2. Select Configuration > Field Aliases.

  3. In the Field Alias Sets page, click the field alias set that contains the field alias that you want to modify.

  4. In the Aliases page, click the field alias that you want to modify.

  5. In the corresponding page:

    1. In the Field box, modify the name of the field associated with this alias.

    2. Click Apply Changes.

Deleting an existing field alias

  1. On the Coveo server, access the Administration Tool (see Opening the Administration Tool).

  2. Select Configuration > Field Aliases.

  3. In the Field Alias Sets page, click the field alias set that contains the field alias that you want to delete.

  4. In the Aliases page:

    1. Select the check box of the field alias that you want to delete.

    2. At the top of the page, click Delete.

    3. At the deletion confirmation message, click Yes.

What's Next?

When you want the field alias changes to be effective on the index, ensure that the field alias set containing the added, modified, or deleted field alias is active on the index (see Modifying or Using Advanced Index Parameters).

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