Solr Facet Query
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A Solr Facet Query is a Solr Query that breaks up search results into multiple categories.
- AKA: Faceted Navigation Query, Solr Parametric Search.
- Context:
- It can be used to show Category Counts.
- It can be used to support Drill Down Search.
- See: Lucene Query, Apache Solr.
References
2012
- http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrFacetingOverview
- QUOTE: From the user perspective, faceted search (also called faceted navigation, guided navigation, or parametric search) breaks up search results into multiple categories, typically showing counts for each, and allows the user to "drill down" or further restrict their search results based on those facets.
Solr provides a [component] which is part of the standard request handler and can also be used by various other request handlers to include "Facet counts" based on some simple criteria. [Search with Solr] article provides a good introduction to how faceting works with Solr.
- QUOTE: From the user perspective, faceted search (also called faceted navigation, guided navigation, or parametric search) breaks up search results into multiple categories, typically showing counts for each, and allows the user to "drill down" or further restrict their search results based on those facets.