It mentions it in the start paragraph "Prefix, Wildcard, Regex, etc."
So, if you search for "abc*" it expands to all terms that start from "abc", but then not everything can handle this situation as it is a lot of terms in the same position. So, not all analyzers can handle that and normally it is just an automatically built subset of safe ones. I mark them with "(multi)" in my - very out of date, but still useful - resource: http://www.solr-start.com/info/analyzers/ Regards, Alex. On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 21:19, Paras Lehana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Community, > > In Ref Guide 8.3's Understanding Analyzers subsection *Analysis for > Multi-Term Expansion* > <https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_3/analyzers.html#analysis-for-multi-term-expansion>, > the text talks about multi-term expansion and explicit use of *analyzer > type="multiterm"*. > > I could not understand what exactly is multi-term expansion and what are > the use cases for using "multiterm". *[Q1]* > > -- > -- > Regards, > > *Paras Lehana* [65871] > Development Engineer, Auto-Suggest, > IndiaMART Intermesh Ltd. > > 8th Floor, Tower A, Advant-Navis Business Park, Sector 142, > Noida, UP, IN - 201303 > > Mob.: +91-9560911996 > Work: 01203916600 | Extn: *8173* > > -- > IMPORTANT: > NEVER share your IndiaMART OTP/ Password with anyone.
