Synonym import file format – error

[robertmattar87]

Hi guys I am trying to upload the attached synonym file.

Can you confirm if the format is correct as I’m getting an error message.

Cheers,

Robert

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

There is a comma after the last array element in the json file. If you remove that, it should work. If wordpress does not allow uploading the file, try renaming it to asp_synonyms_export.json

[robertmattar87]

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[Ernest Marcinko]

Yes, that would work. You can also try renaming it to asp_synonyms_export.json before upload, it might be allowed then.

[robertmattar87]

Hi guys,

So I was able to import the file (when renamed to a json file). I reindexed the search however it is not working with any of the imported synonyms. If I manually create it it works fine (but we have over 1000!).

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Robert

[Ernest Marcinko]

Did the size of the index increase after reindexing?

[robertmattar87]

Yes it did which was odd. Just to check it I deleted one of the imported synonyms and recreated it manually and reindexed and it started working.

[Ernest Marcinko]

I think it might be the upper case then, I’m 99% sure. I checked the code, and the import does not force lower case before pushing to the database (because the export is forced as lowercase by default), but the keywords should be lowercase. Can you lowercase the file easily? You can use this tool.
I will add an check to force lower case on all import in the next release.

[robertmattar87]

Hey Ernest, i’m still seeing sporadic issues even after that.

It’s usually when there is a scenario like this:

Post Title: p416b

Add keyword p416b with synonym pj416b. This fails

The reverse scenario seems to work fine.

Post title: pj416b

Add keyword pj416b with synonym p416b. This seems to work.

[Ernest Marcinko]

For that, you need to enable this option: https://i.imgur.com/aFrcxmC.png
In that case, the synonyms work in both ways, as one set, so all definitions work backwards as well.

When that option is enabled, you can reduce the sets, like so: https://i.imgur.com/q0PF5Aq.png
Then, if you define a rule for example: cf4 => cfc4, cfj4, it means, the plugin will generate the following final rules (all keyword to keyword matches):

cf4 => cfc4, cfj4
cfc4 => cf4 , cfj4
cfj4 => cfc4, cf4 

This can help greatly reduce the rules count, if you need all keywords in a group to work in every direction anyways.

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