Add custom sentiments
If you want to add a word or phrase to the sentiment dictionary, or modify the sentiment value of an existing word or phrase, you can do this by following these steps:
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On the
Project Tree, click on the
Project
node.
The properties of the project are displayed, including a link to the location of the project file.
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Click on the
Project path.
A Windows Explorer window opens to the location of your project.
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If it does not already exist, create the following folder structure.
\Custom\SalienceData\<language>\salience\sentiment\
Where <language> is the two-character code for the language that you are using.
- Copy \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Kofax\Salience6.4\<language>\salience\sentiment\general.hsd to the path in the previous step.
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Edit the
general.hsd file as needed by adding the new word or phrase on a new line, in the correct alphabetic
order, using the following format.
Word or Phrase<tab>Value between -1 and 1.
- Save the dictionary file.
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Navigate to the
Class Details and click
Stop Salience Engine.
This stops the NLP engine so that the next time it is needed, it starts on-demand and loads your updated general.hsd file.
- Test some documents to ensure that the resulting sentiment values match your changes.