{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":39570,"path":"platform-administration/search-administration/t_ConfigureATableSpecificStopWord.md","title":"Configure a table-specific stop word","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Configure a table-specific stop word\n\nYou can configure stop words for a specific table.\n\n## Before you begin\n\nRole required: ts\\_admin or admin\n\n## Procedure\n\n1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Definition** &gt; **Text Indexes**.\n\n2.  Open the text index entry for the table.\n\n3.  Add or remove stop words from the **Index Stop Words** related list.\n\n    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\\).\n\n4.  If a message appears at the top of the form, select **Regenerate Text Index**, then select **OK**.\n\n    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://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/api-reference/c_BusinessRules.md) checks these conditions and generates the notification message when index regeneration is necessary.\n\n    **Note:** Text search uses the global list plus the table-specific list of stop words when indexing the table.\n\n    \\[Omitted image \"TableSpecificStopWords.png\"\\] Alt text: Notification to regenerate table's text index after removing a table-specific stop word.\n\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Zing removes stop words from queries](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/stop-words-removed-from-queries.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[Configure a global stop word]()\n\n[Enable automatic stop words for a table]()\n\n[Disable a stop word in Zing]()\n\n"}}