The Term Discovery dashboard lets you quickly see which terms your writers use and how. Acrolinx automatically filters out duplicate terms or variants that you would otherwise have to validate manually. You can also export your discovered terms to add them to your terminology database.
To open the Term Discovery dashboard, go to Reporting > Analytics. You'll find Term Discovery under Guidance.
Chart Title |
Description |
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Discovered Terms |
See which terms Acrolinx has discovered. The list is ordered by occurrences, starting with the most frequent terms. |
Term Variations |
See similar terms grouped together. This might help you to spot inconsistencies. |
Term Context |
See in which context the terms appear. If you click on a discovered term in the table above, this table shows only the context of the specific term you’ve selected. Clear all filters to see the context of all terms. |
Tip
Contribute terms directly
To contribute a term directly, click the arrow next to a discovered term in the Discovered Terms or Term Variations tables. This will open the term contribution form, where you'll find the term and language preselected.
You'll also find the arrow to contribute terms in the "Discovered Terms Table" web report. You can contribute directly from your browser or from Excel when you export the table.
In the upper right corner of the dashboard, you’ll find the section Detail Links. A detail link opens a detailed web report table that shows the issues that Acrolinx found. With these web reports, you can easily filter, export, and print out the content.
Detail Links |
Description |
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Discovered Terms Table |
View the terms that Acrolinx discovered. This table shows the 2,500 most frequent groups of term variation. You can also export these terms to add them to your terminology database. To do so follow the instructions in Add Discovered Terms to Your Terminology Database |
Contexts (Extract) |
Get an overview of the three most common contexts per term, ordered alphabetically. |
Contexts (All) |
See all contexts per term, ordered alphabetically. |
To see and edit the parameters, click on the toolbar to the left of the dashboard.
Parameter |
Description |
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Start date |
Choose how far back you want your charts to look. |
Latest check |
By default, the Latest check parameter is selected. When Latest check is selected,the dashboard shows only the most recent check results for each document. If you deselect the Latest check parameter, the dashboard will show all the check results for your documents within the selected time range. You might want to be careful when deselecting Latest check. The results based on all checks could be misleading. For example, a discovered term might appear more common than it actually is, because a particular document has been checked more frequently. |