The Associative Search Engine (ASE) matches document text to records within a search pool.
In many cases, the search pool contains a list of contract partners, such as vendor names and their addresses. Other uses include pools of internal employees or departments. Each search pool record which is found to match the document text is considered as a candidate.
You can store search pools locally, created from either a CSV file or a database source, or use a remote service to create and maintain the search pools.