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# Define a General Language

You can specify a General language, which IDOL uses for documents with an unconfigured language, but whose encoding is identified. IDOL categorizes documents as the General language when:

- IDOL Server cannot read the language type nor the encoding of a document from a specified field.

- automatic language detection is enabled.

If IDOL Server detects an unconfigured language type, it indexes to the equivalent `General` language type for that encoding, if it exists. It also logs a warning message in the index log so that you can add an appropriate language type to the configuration file. IDOL also indexes unknown languages to the `General` language type for the encoding, if it exists. If the encoding is unknown, IDOL indexes the document to the default language.

If you set `DiscardUnconfiguredLanguagesAtIndex` to `True`, IDOL does not index documents with unconfigured languages, even if a `General` language exists for that encoding.

To specify a General language category

1. Open the IDOL Server configuration file in a text editor.

2. Add the appropriate encodings to the `[General]` section.

3. Save and close the configuration file. Restart IDOL Server for your changes to take effect.

If the document has no identified language or encoding, IDOL indexes it to the `DefaultLanguageType`.

Related Topics

- Define Language Types

- Define a Default Language Type

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