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Searches Fail With Error "DRG-51030: wildcard query expansion resulted in too many terms" (Doc ID 1940525.1)

Last updated on MARCH 05, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Content - Version 11.1.1.6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Situation 1:

A user that has the Webcenter Content admin role assigned does a search and that returns results successfully.

A user who does not have the admin role assigned does the same exact search and that search fails.

Situation 2:

Any user, admin or non-admin, search for a particular metadata field using wildcards fails.

 

The WCC trace log will show the following error:

Cause

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In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
 The error is generated when the number of tokens exceeds the number of tokens of a particular text or number string.
Solution
 To set the Account field to be an SDATA section
 To set any other metadata field to be an SDATA section:
 To search the field as an SDATA section
References

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