# DefineAnalysisScheme
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## Description
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Configures an analysis scheme that can be applied to a `text` or `text-array` field to define language-specific text processing options. For more information, see [Configuring Analysis Schemes](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/configuring-analysis-schemes.html) in the *Amazon CloudSearch Developer Guide*.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the common parameters that all actions use, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md). 

 **AnalysisScheme**   
Configuration information for an analysis scheme. Each analysis scheme has a unique name and specifies the language of the text to be processed. The following options can be configured for an analysis scheme: `Synonyms`, `Stopwords`, `StemmingDictionary`, `JapaneseTokenizationDictionary` and `AlgorithmicStemming`.  
Type: [AnalysisScheme](API_AnalysisScheme.md)   
 Required: Yes 

 **DomainName**   
A string that represents the name of a domain. Domain names are unique across the domains owned by an account within an AWS region. Domain names start with a letter or number and can contain the following characters: a-z (lowercase), 0-9, and - (hyphen).  
Type: String  
 Length constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 28.   
 Required: Yes 

## Response Elements
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 The following element is returned in a structure named `DefineAnalysisSchemeResult`. 

 **AnalysisScheme**   
The status and configuration of an `AnalysisScheme`.  
Type: [AnalysisSchemeStatus](API_AnalysisSchemeStatus.md) 

## Errors
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 For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Errors](CommonErrors.md). 

 **Base**   
An error occurred while processing the request.  
 HTTP Status Code: 400

 **Internal**   
An internal error occurred while processing the request. If this problem persists, report an issue from the [Service Health Dashboard](http://status.aws.amazon.com/).  
 HTTP Status Code: 500

 **InvalidType**   
The request was rejected because it specified an invalid type definition.  
 HTTP Status Code: 409

 **LimitExceeded**   
The request was rejected because a resource limit has already been met.  
 HTTP Status Code: 409

 **ResourceNotFound**   
The request was rejected because it attempted to reference a resource that does not exist.  
 HTTP Status Code: 409