User created example queries are stored in the file example_queries.annis within the relANNIS corpus folder. The file contains two columns (tab delimited), the first with a valid AQL query for your corpus and the second with a human readable description of the query. These queries are the then visible in Example Queries tab of the workspace on the right side of the ANNIS interface.

It is also possible to have ANNIS automatically generate queries for a corpus (instead of, or in addition to user created examples). ANNIS will then create some randomized, typical queries, such as searches for a word form appearing in the corpus or a regular expression. To determine whether or not example queries are generated by default, change the following setting in annis-service.properties:

annis.import.example-queries=false

On an ANNIS server console it is also possible to generate new example queries on demand, replacing or adding to existing queries, and to delete queries for individual corpora. For more information on the exact commands and options see the help under:

bin/annis-admin.sh --help

In corpora with multiple segmentations, such as historical corpora with conflicting diplomatic and normalized word form layers, it is possible to choose the default segmentation for both search context and the KWIC visualization. To set the relevant segmentations, use the following settings in the corpus.properties file in the folder ExtData within the relANNIS corpus:

default-context-segmentation=SEGNAME
default-base-text-segmentation=SEGNAME

For more details on segmentations, see the ANNIS Multiple Segmentation Corpora Guide.