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# How to Use The Other People Ask Feature

Profiles: Project Creator

This page describes how to configure the _Other People Ask_ feature.

It is intended for project creators who can both configure feature settings and deploy the feature using [Dashboards](../../dashboards/index.md#dashboards).

Reference: For information on the feature generally, see [Other People Ask](../features/other-people.md#search-other-people).

## The “Other People Ask” Widget

The “Other People Ask” Widget is the UI component that displays the suggested queries.

[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/similar_search_widget_result.png)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/similar_search_widget_result.png)

### Cognitive Search

When you create a new project using the Cognitive Search template, the _Other People Ask_ feature is automatically set up. It is configured to appear in the right sidebar as soon as suggestions are found when you enter a query.

As shown in the screenshot below, you may choose the _Cognitive Search_ template (or _Cognitive Search +_ template with example data) to set up a new project that comes with a pre-configured Global Search featuring the _“Other People Ask”_ Widget.

[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/create_cs_project.jpg)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/create_cs_project.jpg)

### Manual Setup

To make _Other People Ask_ available for a project that was not automatically configured, you must enable the feature by following the steps below:

1. Navigate to Settings > Project Configuration.
2. Hover over the `topic.search.document-embedder-queries-workflow-enabled` option and click Edit.
3. Enable the checkbox.

In addition, you must add the _Other People Ask_ widget to a project’s dashboard. This can be done with the help of the [Dashboard Editor](../../dashboards/dashboard-editor.md#dashboards-editor).

[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/similar_searches_widget.png)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/similar_searches_widget.png)

## Using “Other People Ask” via SquirroClient

The _Other People Ask_ functionality can also be accessed programmatically via the [SquirroClient (Python SDK)](../../api/squirro_client/index.md#squirro-client).

For more information, see [`SmartAnswersMixin`](../../../api/squirro_client.topic.SmartAnswersMixin.md#squirro_client.topic.SmartAnswersMixin), specifically [`get_similar_searches()`](../../../api/squirro_client.topic.SmartAnswersMixin.md#squirro_client.topic.SmartAnswersMixin.get_similar_searches).

## Advanced Configuration

To learn more about advanced configuration, see [Other People Ask Configuration Reference](../features/other-people.md#search-other-people-config).
