{"id":1234,"date":"2013-02-11T11:27:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T11:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:23:49","slug":"similarity-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/similarity-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Similarity match to help you manage ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;ve got ideas coming in from every direction, from everyone on your team.<br><br>At some point in time, you&#8217;re certainly going to hear a few that sound just like one of the others. These duplicates can be hard to track down and capture in the same place, especially when you&#8217;re crunched for time and can only manage to jot the request down somewhere so you can handle it later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ideas-matching-as-you-type\">Ideas Matching as you Type<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodpad2017.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/similar-ideas-on-dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/similar-ideas-on-dashboard-300x315.png\" alt=\"Similar ideas matching on Dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-1237\" width=\"225\" height=\"236\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Similar ideas matching when you enter a new idea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our product management software can help <strong>prevent and manage duplicate requests<\/strong>, as you type them in. As you start typing in a new idea, we automatically recommend similar ideas. From there, you can choose to continue entering your idea, or perhaps use one of the similar ideas to simply add your comments to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-similar-ideas-on-the-ideas-canvas\">Similar Ideas on the Ideas Canvas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On each idea canvas page, you&#8217;ll now find a list of similar ideas to the idea that you&#8217;ve entered so far.<br><br>This will help you explore similar themes around requests and suggestions to improve your product, as well as help you find old ideas you might want to merge into one.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodpad2017.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/similar-ideas-in-ideas-canvas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/similar-ideas-in-ideas-canvas-600x404.png\" alt=\"Similar ideas in the Ideas Canvas\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" width=\"450\" height=\"303\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Similar ideas in the Ideas Canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve released this similarity match for your product today <strong>as Beta<\/strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s based on &#8216;fuzzy&#8217; matching from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elasticsearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elasticsearch<\/a> (the same thing that <a title=\"Search on! 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