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# Select text analytics stop words

# Select text analytics stop words {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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Select words to exclude from text analysis. You can
exclude words at either the indicator source or the indicator level.{#select-text-analytics-stop-words__ph_exclude-words}

## Before you begin

Role required: pa_analyst or pa_admin

## About this task

Select stop words to apply either at the indicator source or at the indicator level. If you select stop words for an indicator, you can filter the scores to which the stop words apply by breakdown and breakdown element. If you select stop words for an indicator source, you exclude them from data collection, which results in a leaner index.

By default, the Zing global stop words apply in addition to
the stop words you select in this form. You can disable this behavior in the text
index configuration. To find the list of the current stop words, navigate on your
instance to System DefinitionText Index Stop Words.{#select-text-analytics-stop-words__p_zing-compatible}

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Text AnalyticsStop Words and click New.
2. In the Type field, select either Indicator or Indicator source.  
   If you specify an indicator, you can filter the text by one or two levels of breakdown.

   When specified on the indicator source, stop words are removed
   from data collection to keep the index lean. However, you cannot immediately
   bring these stop words back into the widget by removing them from the
   Stopwords field. They do not appear until the
   next data collection.

   Stop words that are specified on the indicator
   remain in the index. These stop words can be brought back into the widget
   immediately by removing them from the Stopwords list,
   but index size may affect performance.
3. Select either the Indicator or the Indicator source to which to apply the stop words.
4. **Optional:** To filter the text by a breakdown, select values in the Breakdown and first Element fields.  
   If you select a breakdown but not an element, the widget analyses only the text that is not associated with any element of that breakdown. {#select-text-analytics-stop-words__step_first-breakdown-text}
{#select-text-analytics-stop-words__step_first-breakdown-text}
5. **Optional:** If you have selected a breakdown and you want to filter the text by a second breakdown, select values in the 2nd Breakdown and second Element fields. {#select-text-analytics-stop-words__step_second-breakdown}
{#select-text-analytics-stop-words__step_second-breakdown}
6. In the Stopwords field, enter a comma-separated list of words to exclude from the text analysis.
7. Click Submit.

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