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# Configure a table-specific stop word

# Configure a table-specific stop word {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can configure stop words for a specific table.

## Before you begin

Role required: ts_admin or admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem DefinitionText Indexes.
2. Open the text index entry for the table.
3. Add or remove stop words from the Index Stop Words related list.  
   For each word, select the desired Stop mode (Not a Stop Word (inactivates the stop word), Neither Index nor Query, or Index but do not Query).
4. If a message appears at the top of the form, select Regenerate Text Index, then select OK.  
   You must regenerate indexes whenever words may be missing from an index. For example, if you delete or change a stop word for which the mode was Neither Index nor Query, the word may be missing from the index. An after [Business rules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_BusinessRules&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-application-development&ft:locale=en-US) checks these conditions and generates the notification message when index regeneration is necessary.  
   Note:  
   Text search uses the global list plus the table-specific list of stop words when indexing the table.  
**Related tasks**   

* [Configure a global stop word](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/o2QbhMpcWFORXMk0Rwyv5w "Configure stop words that shouldn't be indexed by the search.")
* [Enable automatic stop words for a table](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/2nXlYArrYYV4ZE_W3vnZpw "The system can identify and generate stop words when a search term exceeds an occurrence threshold.")
* [Disable a stop word in Zing](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/C03J3kfC__C7eVWzO1VBqw "Configure Zing to return results for text search terms that match a stop word's stemmed form.")

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