.. -*- rst -*-

.. highlightlang:: none

.. groonga-command
.. % groonga-suggest-create-dataset /tmp/groonga-databases/completion query
.. database: completion

Completion
==========

This section describes about the following completion
features:

* How it works
* How to use
* How to learn

How it works
------------

The completion feature uses three searches to compute
completed words:

  1. Prefix RK search against registered words.
  2. Cooccurrence search against learned data.
  3. Prefix search against registered words. (optional)

Prefix RK search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

RK means Romaji and Katakana. Prefix RK search can find
registered words that start with user's input by romaji,
katakana or hiragana. It's useful for searching in Japanese.

For example, there is a registered word "日本". And "ニホン"
(it must be katakana) is registered as its reading. An user
can find "日本" by "ni", "二" or "に".

Cooccurrence search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Cooccurrence search can find registered words from user's
partial input. It uses user input sequences that will be
learned from query logs, access logs and so on.

For example, there is the following user input sequence:

+----------+----------+
|  input   |  submit  |
+==========+==========+
|s         |no        |
+----------+----------+
|se        |no        |
+----------+----------+
|sea       |no        |
+----------+----------+
|sear      |no        |
+----------+----------+
|searc     |no        |
+----------+----------+
|search    |yes       |
+----------+----------+
|e         |no        |
+----------+----------+
|en        |no        |
+----------+----------+
|eng       |no        |
+----------+----------+
|engi      |no        |
+----------+----------+
|engin     |no        |
+----------+----------+
|engine    |no        |
+----------+----------+
|enginen   |no (typo!)|
+----------+----------+
|engine    |yes       |
+----------+----------+

Groonga creates the following completion pairs:

+----------+--------------------+
|  input   |   completed word   |
+==========+====================+
|s         |search              |
+----------+--------------------+
|se        |search              |
+----------+--------------------+
|sea       |search              |
+----------+--------------------+
|sear      |search              |
+----------+--------------------+
|searc     |search              |
+----------+--------------------+
|e         |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|en        |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|eng       |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|engi      |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|engin     |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|engine    |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+
|enginen   |engine              |
+----------+--------------------+

All user not-submitted inputs (e.g. "s", "se" and so on)
before each an user submission maps to the submitted input
(e.g. "search").

To be precise, this description isn't correct because it
omits about time stamp. Groonga doesn't case about "all user
not-submitted inputs before each an user
submission". Groonga just case about "all user not-submitted
inputs within a minute from an user submission before each
an user submission". Groonga doesn't treat user inputs
before a minute ago.

If an user inputs "sea" and cooccurrence search returns
"search" because "sea" is in input column and corresponding
completed word column value is "search".

Prefix search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Prefix search can find registered word that start with
user's input. This search doesn't care about romaji,
katakana and hiragana not like Prefix RK search.

This search isn't always ran. It's just ran when it's
requested explicitly or both prefix RK search and
cooccurrence search return nothing.

For example, there is a registered word "search". An user
can find "search" by "s", "se", "sea", "sear", "searc" and
"search".

How to use
----------

.. groonga-command
.. load --table event_query --each 'suggest_preparer(_id, type, item, sequence, time, pair_query)'
.. [
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950803.86057, "item": "e"},
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950803.96857, "item": "en"},
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.26057, "item": "eng"},
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.56057, "item": "engi"},
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.76057, "item": "engin"},
.. {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950805.86057, "item": "engine", "type": "submit"}
.. ]

Groonga provides :doc:`/commands/suggest` command to use
completion. `--type complete` option requests completion.

For example, here is an command to get completion results by
"en":

.. groonga-command
.. include:: ../example/completion-1.log
.. suggest --table item_query --column kana --types complete --frequency_threshold 1 --query en

How it learns
-------------

Cooccurrence search uses learned data. They are based on
query logs, access logs and so on. To create learned data,
groonga needs user input sequence with time stamp and user
submit input with time stamp.

For example, an user wants to search by "engine". The user
inputs the query with the following sequence:

  1. 2011-08-10T13:33:23+09:00: e
  2. 2011-08-10T13:33:23+09:00: en
  3. 2011-08-10T13:33:24+09:00: eng
  4. 2011-08-10T13:33:24+09:00: engi
  5. 2011-08-10T13:33:24+09:00: engin
  6. 2011-08-10T13:33:25+09:00: engine (submit!)

Groonga can be learned from the input sequence by the
following command::

  load --table event_query --each 'suggest_preparer(_id, type, item, sequence, time, pair_query)'
  [
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950803.86057, "item": "e"},
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950803.96857, "item": "en"},
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.26057, "item": "eng"},
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.56057, "item": "engi"},
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950804.76057, "item": "engin"},
  {"sequence": "1", "time": 1312950805.86057, "item": "engine", "type": "submit"}
  ]