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Mastering Apache Solr 7.x

By : Sandeep Nair, Chintan Mehta, Dharmesh Vasoya
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Mastering Apache Solr 7.x

By: Sandeep Nair, Chintan Mehta, Dharmesh Vasoya

Overview of this book

Apache Solr is the only standalone enterprise search server with a REST-like application interface. providing highly scalable, distributed search and index replication for many of the world's largest internet sites. To begin with, you would be introduced to how you perform full text search, multiple filter search, perform dynamic clustering and so on helping you to brush up the basics of Apache Solr. You will also explore the new features and advanced options released in Apache Solr 7.x which will get you numerous performance aspects and making data investigation simpler, easier and powerful. You will learn to build complex queries, extensive filters and how are they compiled in your system to bring relevance in your search tools. You will learn to carry out Solr scoring, elements affecting the document score and how you can optimize or tune the score for the application at hand. You will learn to extract features of documents, writing complex queries in re-ranking the documents. You will also learn advanced options helping you to know what content is indexed and how the extracted content is indexed. Throughout the book, you would go through complex problems with solutions along with varied approaches to tackle your business needs. By the end of this book, you will gain advanced proficiency to build out-of-box smart search solutions for your enterprise demands.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Query parsing and syntax


In this section, we will explore some query parsers, their features, and how to configure them with Solr. Solr supports some query parsers. Here is the list of parsers supported by Solr:

  • Standard query parser
  • DisMax query parser
  • Extended DisMax (eDisMax) query parser

Each parser has its own configuration parameters for clubbing with Solr. However, there are some common parameters required by all parsers. First let's take a look at these common parameters.

Common query parameters

The following are the common query parameters supported by standard query parser, DisMax query parser, and extended DisMax query parser:

Parameter

Behavior

Default value

defType

Selects the query parser:

defType=dismax

Lucene (standard query parser)

sort

Sorts the search results in either ascending or descending order. The value can be specified as asc or ASC and desc or DESC. Sorting is supported by numerical or alphabetical content. Solr supports sorting by field clones.

Example:

  • salary asc: Sorts based...