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A thesaurus is a hierarchical structure where you can indicate translations and synonyms to each concept of the structure. With the introduction of this functionality, it will be easier to describe objects with the right information from the predefined structure.
The thesaurus functionality contains the following features:
Link branches of the hierarchical structure to a specific metadata field.
You can choose whether this field should be a single or multi select field.
You can choose if you want to display the underlying values for a specific metadata field. This helps the person who’s adding metadata to indicate the right value.
The end users are able to search on the terms of this hierarchical structure.
This can be done in the general searchbar and in the advanced search functionality.
It’s also possible to search on the translations of the concepts in the hierarchical structure.
A full explanation of this functionality can be found here: [21.2] - Thesaurus
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