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title: "Frequently Asked Questions" | ||
metaTitle: "Frequently Asked Questions" | ||
metaDescription: "" | ||
slug: "/docs/faq" | ||
date: "2020-09-03" | ||
id: "faqmd" | ||
--- | ||
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#Frequently Asked Questions | ||
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##Why am I seeing duplicate answers being returned? | ||
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The ElasticsearchDocumentStore and MilvusDocumentStore rely on Elasticsearch and Milvus backend services which | ||
persist after your Python script has finished running. | ||
If you rerun your script without deleting documents, you could end up with duplicate | ||
copies of your documents in your database. | ||
The easiest way to avoid this is to call `DocumentStore.delete_documents()` after initialization | ||
to ensure that you are working with an empty DocumentStore. | ||
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DocumentStores also have a `duplicate_documents` argument in their `__init__()` and `write_documents` methods | ||
where you can define whether you'd like skip writing duplicates, overwrite existing duplicates or raise an error when there are duplicates. | ||
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##How can I make sure that my GPU is being engaged when I use Haystack? | ||
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You will want to ensure that a CUDA enabled GPU is being engaged when Haystack is running (you can check by running `nvidia-smi -l` on your command line). | ||
Components which can be sped up by GPU have a `use_gpu` argument in their constructor which you will want to set to `True`. | ||
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##How do I speed up my predictions? | ||
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There are many different ways to speed up the performance of your Haystack system. | ||
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The Reader is usually the most computationally expensive component in a pipeline | ||
and you can often speed up your system by using a smaller model, like `deepset/minilm-uncased-squad2` (see [benchmarks](https://huggingface.co/deepset/minilm-uncased-squad2)). This usually comes with a small trade-off in accuracy. | ||
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You can reduce the work load on the Reader by instructing the Retriever to pass on less documents. | ||
This is done by setting the `top_k_retriever` parameter to a lower value. | ||
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Making sure that your documents are shorter can also increase the speed of your system. You can split | ||
your documents into smaller chunks by using the `PreProcessor` (see [tutorial](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/tutorial11md)). | ||
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For more optimization suggestions, have a look at our [optimization page](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/optimizationmd) | ||
and also our [blogs](https://medium.com/deepset-ai) | ||
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##How do I use Haystack for my language? | ||
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The components in Haystack, such as the `Retriever` or the `Reader`, are designed in a language agnostic way. However you may | ||
have to set certain parameters or load models pretrained for your language in order to get good performance out of Haystack. | ||
See our [languages page](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/languagesmd) for more details. | ||
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##How can I add metadata to my documents so that I can apply filters? | ||
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When providing your documents in the input format (see [here](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/documentstoremd#Input-Format)) | ||
you can provide metadata information as a dictionary under the `meta` key. At query time, you can provide a `filters` argument | ||
(most likely through `Pipelines.run()`) that specifies the accepted values for a certain metadata field | ||
(for an example of what a `filters` dictionary might look like, please refer to [this example](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/apiretrievermd#__init__)) | ||
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##How can I see predictions during evaluation? | ||
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To see predictions during evaluation, you want to initialize the `EvalDocuments` or `EvalAnswers` with `debug=True`. | ||
This causes their `EvalDocuments.log` or `EvalAnswers.log` to be populated with a record of each prediction made. | ||
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##How can I serve my Haystack model? | ||
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Haystack models can be wrapped in a REST API. For basic details on how to set this up, please refer to this section | ||
on our [Github page](https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/blob/master/README.md#7-rest-api). | ||
More comprehensive documentation coming soon! | ||
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##How can I interpret the confidence scores being returned by the Reader? | ||
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The confidence scores are in the range of 0 and 1 and reflect how confident the model is in each prediction that it makes. | ||
Having a confidence score is particularly useful in cases where you need Haystack to work with a certain accuracy threshold. | ||
Many of our users have built systems where predictions below a certain confidence value are routed on to a fallback system. | ||
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For more information on model confidence and how to tune it, please refer to [this section](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/readermd#Confidence-Scores). | ||
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##My documents aren't showing up in my DocumentStore even though I've called `DocumentStore.write_documents()` | ||
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When indexing, retrieving or querying for documents from a DocumentStore, you can specify an `index` on which to perform this action. | ||
This can be specified in almost all methods of `DocumentStore` as well as `Retriever.retrieve()`. | ||
Ensure that you are performing these operations on the one index! | ||
Note that this also applies at evaluation where labels are written into their own separate DocumentStore index. | ||
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##What is the difference between the FARMReader and the TransformersReader? | ||
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In short, the FARMReader using a QA pipeline implementation that comes from our own | ||
[FARM framework](https://github.com/deepset-ai/FARM) that we can more easily update and also optimize for performance. | ||
By contrast, the TransformersReader uses a QA pipeline implementation that comes from HuggingFace's [Transformers](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers). | ||
See [this section](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/readermd#Deeper-Dive-FARM-vs-Transformers) | ||
for a more details about their differences! |
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--- | ||
title: "Frequently Asked Questions" | ||
metaTitle: "Frequently Asked Questions" | ||
metaDescription: "" | ||
slug: "/docs/faq" | ||
date: "2020-09-03" | ||
id: "faqmd" | ||
--- | ||
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#Frequently Asked Questions | ||
|
||
##Why am I seeing duplicate answers being returned? | ||
|
||
The ElasticsearchDocumentStore and MilvusDocumentStore rely on Elasticsearch and Milvus backend services which | ||
persist after your Python script has finished running. | ||
If you rerun your script without deleting documents, you could end up with duplicate | ||
copies of your documents in your database. | ||
The easiest way to avoid this is to call `DocumentStore.delete_documents()` after initialization | ||
to ensure that you are working with an empty DocumentStore. | ||
|
||
DocumentStores also have a `duplicate_documents` argument in their `__init__()` and `write_documents` methods | ||
where you can define whether you'd like skip writing duplicates, overwrite existing duplicates or raise an error when there are duplicates. | ||
|
||
##How can I make sure that my GPU is being engaged when I use Haystack? | ||
|
||
You will want to ensure that a CUDA enabled GPU is being engaged when Haystack is running (you can check by running `nvidia-smi -l` on your command line). | ||
Components which can be sped up by GPU have a `use_gpu` argument in their constructor which you will want to set to `True`. | ||
|
||
##How do I speed up my predictions? | ||
|
||
There are many different ways to speed up the performance of your Haystack system. | ||
|
||
The Reader is usually the most computationally expensive component in a pipeline | ||
and you can often speed up your system by using a smaller model, like `deepset/minilm-uncased-squad2` (see [benchmarks](https://huggingface.co/deepset/minilm-uncased-squad2)). This usually comes with a small trade-off in accuracy. | ||
|
||
You can reduce the work load on the Reader by instructing the Retriever to pass on less documents. | ||
This is done by setting the `top_k_retriever` parameter to a lower value. | ||
|
||
Making sure that your documents are shorter can also increase the speed of your system. You can split | ||
your documents into smaller chunks by using the `PreProcessor` (see [tutorial](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/tutorial11md)). | ||
|
||
For more optimization suggestions, have a look at our [optimization page](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/optimizationmd) | ||
and also our [blogs](https://medium.com/deepset-ai) | ||
|
||
##How do I use Haystack for my language? | ||
|
||
The components in Haystack, such as the `Retriever` or the `Reader`, are designed in a language agnostic way. However you may | ||
have to set certain parameters or load models pretrained for your language in order to get good performance out of Haystack. | ||
See our [languages page](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/languagesmd) for more details. | ||
|
||
##How can I add metadata to my documents so that I can apply filters? | ||
|
||
When providing your documents in the input format (see [here](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/documentstoremd#Input-Format)) | ||
you can provide metadata information as a dictionary under the `meta` key. At query time, you can provide a `filters` argument | ||
(most likely through `Pipelines.run()`) that specifies the accepted values for a certain metadata field | ||
(for an example of what a `filters` dictionary might look like, please refer to [this example](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/apiretrievermd#__init__)) | ||
|
||
##How can I see predictions during evaluation? | ||
|
||
To see predictions during evaluation, you want to initialize the `EvalDocuments` or `EvalAnswers` with `debug=True`. | ||
This causes their `EvalDocuments.log` or `EvalAnswers.log` to be populated with a record of each prediction made. | ||
|
||
##How can I serve my Haystack model? | ||
|
||
Haystack models can be wrapped in a REST API. For basic details on how to set this up, please refer to this section | ||
on our [Github page](https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/blob/master/README.md#7-rest-api). | ||
More comprehensive documentation coming soon! | ||
|
||
##How can I interpret the confidence scores being returned by the Reader? | ||
|
||
The confidence scores are in the range of 0 and 1 and reflect how confident the model is in each prediction that it makes. | ||
Having a confidence score is particularly useful in cases where you need Haystack to work with a certain accuracy threshold. | ||
Many of our users have built systems where predictions below a certain confidence value are routed on to a fallback system. | ||
|
||
For more information on model confidence and how to tune it, please refer to [this section](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/readermd#Confidence-Scores). | ||
|
||
##My documents aren't showing up in my DocumentStore even though I've called `DocumentStore.write_documents()` | ||
|
||
When indexing, retrieving or querying for documents from a DocumentStore, you can specify an `index` on which to perform this action. | ||
This can be specified in almost all methods of `DocumentStore` as well as `Retriever.retrieve()`. | ||
Ensure that you are performing these operations on the one index! | ||
Note that this also applies at evaluation where labels are written into their own separate DocumentStore index. | ||
|
||
##What is the difference between the FARMReader and the TransformersReader? | ||
|
||
In short, the FARMReader using a QA pipeline implementation that comes from our own | ||
[FARM framework](https://github.com/deepset-ai/FARM) that we can more easily update and also optimize for performance. | ||
By contrast, the TransformersReader uses a QA pipeline implementation that comes from HuggingFace's [Transformers](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers). | ||
See [this section](https://haystack.deepset.ai/docs/latest/readermd#Deeper-Dive-FARM-vs-Transformers) | ||
for a more details about their differences! |
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