# DistributionThreshold

The numeric factor to use to control taxonomy depth. `DistributionThreshold` allows you to increase or decrease the hierarchical depth of a taxonomy. If you increase the value, the taxonomy hierarchy becomes deeper, and concepts are spread more evenly across the taxonomy. In this case, parent terms tend to have a more consistent number of child terms.

NOTE: Higher values might prevent some concepts from being included, if they are removed from an appropriate parent and have no other suitable parent to join.

The `DistributionThreshold` value must be lower than the RelevanceThreshold value.

Type: | Long
Default: | 10
Recommended Range: | Minimum: 3 Maximum: 20
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | Taxonomy
Example: | `DistributionThreshold=15`
See Also: | ConceptThreshold MaxConcepts RelevanceThreshold

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