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Facet options for fields with many values

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Adrian Ursu Dynamicweb Employee
Adrian Ursu
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Posted on 26/06/2024 12:38:57

Hi guys,

I am trying to create a facet based on the ProductName field.

This Facet will be part of a series of facets (it will be the last one) and all facets will apply to Variants.

When I define the Facet, I get a warning because of the number of values (because it counts the entire catalog).

In my case, the first facet will restrict the list to ~30 products which should render no more than 5 values for the ProductName Facet.

However, I always get ) for the FacetOptions count.

Does this have anything to do with the number of values warning?

We are using 9.14.10.

Thank you,
Adrian

 


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Nicolai Pedersen Dynamicweb Employee
Nicolai Pedersen
Posted on 26/06/2024 13:45:34
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Hi Adrian

Facets are not calculated based on the search result, but based on the index. Facets are calculated based on terms in the entire index, and then options with 0 results in the current search resulkt will be filtered out.

Creating a facet on the product name field is not a good idea unless you have a maximum of around 250 products, hard limit 2048 terms. You will run into performance issues and potential exceptions.

If you have e.g. less than 100 products in a search result, you can make a faux facet in the razor template based on the products.

BR Nicolai 

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