Digging in the Solr code: 5 minutes how to
Let’s quickly setup a Solr development environment for implementation and debugging purposes, with our 5 minutes how to!
Andrea Gazzarini
December 31, 2019
The Request Handlers Jungle – handleSelect and qt Parameter
This blog post is about the handleSelect and qt parameter in Apache Solr and their relation with the Request Handler mechanism.
Alessandro Benedetti
December 6, 2019
Apache Solr ChildDocTransformerFactory: How to Build Complex ChildFilter Queries
A guide through the rough sea of Nested Documents in Apache Solr to build childFIlter queries and use Solrj to get the results back.
Alessandro Benedetti
June 4, 2019
Apache Solr Facets and ACL Filters Using Tag and Exclusion
Tag and Exclusion for Apache Solr Faceting is often misused. Here’s a guide to optimal utilisation with a focus on ACL filtering scenarios.
Alessandro Benedetti
December 24, 2018
Apache Solr Distributed Facets
How faceting is calculated in Apache Solr distributed architectures. It presents inner details explanation and practical examples.
Alessandro Benedetti
October 23, 2018
Apache Solr/Elasticsearch: How to Manage Multi-term Concepts out of the Box?
Approach for searching multi-term entities/concepts out-of-the-box, without installing any additional components.
Andrea Gazzarini
July 22, 2018
SolrCloud exceptions with Apache Zookeeper
Practical tips to follow when your client application encounters some classic exceptions dealing with SolrCloud and Apache Zookeeper.
Alessandro Benedetti
May 31, 2018
Apache Solr: orchestrating Known item and Full-text search
Approach for combining a Known Item Search with a regular Full-text Search, in a sample e-commerce context, using Apache Solr.
Andrea Gazzarini
May 30, 2018
SolrCloud Leader Election Failing
A list of steps to solve a recurrent failing state in the SolrCloud leader election in a distributed Apache Solr architecture.
Alessandro Benedetti
May 14, 2018
Give the height the right weight: quantities detection in Apache Solr
Blog about a quantity detection plugin for Solr that consists of a set of query parsers able to detect quantity entities within queries.
Andrea Gazzarini
April 13, 2018
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