Improving search results by setting the correct language for indexing and searching in Elvis 5 – Home

When text is indexed and subsequently searched, it is important that the correct language engine (or 'locale') is used. This way, search results will be as accurate as possible.

Example: When working with assets in which the content and the text in the metadata fields is all in German, the locale can best be set to German as well.

The table below shows the locales that can be set.

Note: These locales match the supported languages in which Elvis can be run. Setting other languages involves customizing the Analyzer configuration. For instructions, please contact WoodWing Support.

Locale	Code
American English (default setting)	en_US
Chinese - simplified	zh_CN
Chinese - traditional	zh_TW
Dutch	nl_NL
Finnish	fi_FI
French	fr_FR
German	de_DE
Italian	it_IT
Japanese	ja_JP
Korean	ko_KR
Polish	pl_PL
Russian	ru_RU
Swiss ¹	de_CH
Thai	th_TH
Turkish	tr_TR

¹ Requires Elvis 5.7 or higher.

Changing the locale

Step 1. Access the Config properties page and click Set config properties.

The Set config properties option

Step 2. On the page that appears, search for "propertyKey" : "locale" and check the setting for 'currentValue'.

Example: Here, currentValue is set to "en_US":

"propertyKey" : "locale",
"defaultValue" : "default",
"comment" : 
"hidden" : false,
"clusterWide" : true,
"currentValue" : "en_US",
"currentEqualsDefault" : false,
"requiresRestart" : true

Step 3. In the address bar of your web browser, add the command to change the locale by using the following format:

?property=value

Example: In our case we want to change the property 'locale' to the value 'de_DE' so we add ?locale=DE:

localhost/controller/admin/config/properties/set?locale=de_DE

Step 4. Press Enter to run the command.

The page is updated.

Step 5. Verify on the page that the value has changed.

Step 6. Update the 'asset' index. (See Updating the Elvis 5 Server index.)

Step 7. Restart the cluster.

h2>Document history

27 July 2018: Changed title from 'Support for non-English languages in Elvis 5'.
27 July 2018: Added a note about configuring locales other than the supported languages.

Changing the locale

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