Azure Search Synonym Maps not returning expected results

Question

 am trying to get Azure Search Synonyms to work but it does not seem to be working for me. The things that I have already done: 1) I added the synonym map:

        {
            "@odata.etag": "\"0x8D77E66017FAAF9\"",
            "name": "bodytypes-synonymmap",
            "format": "solr",
            "synonyms": "fafafafafa, service van, utility van => Service Utility Van"
        }

2) Then I associated that map to the index field that holds the data:

            "name": "BodyType",
            "type": "Edm.String",
            "searchable": true,
            "filterable": true,
            "retrievable": true,
            "sortable": false,
            "facetable": true,
            "key": false,
            "indexAnalyzer": null,
            "searchAnalyzer": null,
            "analyzer": null,
            "synonymMaps": [
                "bodytypes-synonymmap"
            ]
        }

3) I am testing the search with the test term "fafafafafa" and I do not get any results back, but I do get search result back for "Service Utility Van". That leads me to believe that the Search Synonyms are not working for some reason.

More info: I am on the free tier of the service, does that make a difference?

Answer 1

I figured out what was wrong. You were putting a @ symbol in front of the synonym map string, which turned it into a string literal that contained the "n" newline sign as part of the replacement search term, which resulted in no results.