Hybrid search and sparse vectors

Overview

This category contains concept topics and guides for tasks related to Pinecone hybrid search and sparse vectors.

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Concepts

• Understanding hybrid search describes how to combine semantic and keyword search search in Pinecone using sparse-dense vectors.
• Sparse-dense vectors describes the format of sparse-dense vectors used in Pinecone hybrid search.

Tasks

• Encoding sparse-dense vectors describes how to encode sparse vectors for upsert to your index.
• Upserting sparse-dense vectors describes how to upsert sparse-dense vectors to your index.
• Querying sparse-dense vectors describes how to query sparse-dense vectors.