Filtered search within Alfresco is a powerful search feature that allows users to filter and customize their results by applying multiple filters to their search results in a navigational way. Filtered 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 filters.
Configuring filtered search
You can configure filtered search either by using the configuration files [2] or by using the Share Search Manager [3].
The following example shows how the Alfresco default filters are defined:
# # Alfresco default facets # Note: If you have changed the filter's default value(s) via Share, then any # subsequent changes of those default values won't be applied to the filter on # server startup. # # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:content.mimetype default.cm\:content.mimetype.filterID=filter_mimetype default.cm\:content.mimetype.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.formats default.cm\:content.mimetype.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:content.mimetype.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:content.mimetype.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:content.mimetype.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:content.mimetype.sortBy=DESCENDING default.cm\:content.mimetype.scope=ALL default.cm\:content.mimetype.scopedSites= default.cm\:content.mimetype.isEnabled=true # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:creator default.cm\:creator.filterID=filter_creator default.cm\:creator.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.creator default.cm\:creator.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:creator.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:creator.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:creator.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:creator.sortBy=ALPHABETICALLY default.cm\:creator.scope=ALL default.cm\:creator.scopedSites= default.cm\:creator.isEnabled=true # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:modifier default.cm\:modifier.filterID=filter_modifier default.cm\:modifier.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.modifier default.cm\:modifier.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:modifier.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:modifier.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:modifier.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:modifier.sortBy=ALPHABETICALLY default.cm\:modifier.scope=ALL default.cm\:modifier.scopedSites= default.cm\:modifier.isEnabled=true # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:created default.cm\:created.filterID=filter_created default.cm\:created.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.created default.cm\:created.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:created.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:created.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:created.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:created.sortBy=INDEX default.cm\:created.scope=ALL default.cm\:created.scopedSites= default.cm\:created.isEnabled=true # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:modified default.cm\:modified.filterID=filter_modified default.cm\:modified.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.modified default.cm\:modified.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:modified.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:modified.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:modified.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:modified.sortBy=INDEX default.cm\:modified.scope=ALL default.cm\:modified.scopedSites= default.cm\:modified.isEnabled=true # Field-Facet-Qname => cm:content.size default.cm\:content.size.filterID=filter_content_size default.cm\:content.size.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.size default.cm\:content.size.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters default.cm\:content.size.maxFilters=5 default.cm\:content.size.hitThreshold=1 default.cm\:content.size.minFilterValueLength=4 default.cm\:content.size.sortBy=INDEX default.cm\:content.size.scope=ALL default.cm\:content.size.scopedSites= default.cm\:content.size.isEnabled=true
Filter property description
Option | Description |
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ALPHABETICALLY | Specifies the filter value A-Z. |
REVERSE_ALPHABETICALLY | Specifies the filter value Z-A. |
ASCENDING | Specifies the number of filter results (low to high). |
DESCENDING | Specifies the number of filter results (high to low). |
INDEX | This is a special value reserved for results rendered by filter queries. |
You can define custom filters in the solr-facets-config-custom.properties file. You can also use this file to override the default filter properties.
Here's an example of custom filter configuration:
custom.cm\:description.filterID=filter_newFilter custom.cm\:description.displayName=faceted-search.facet-menu.facet.description custom.cm\:description.displayControl=alfresco/search/FacetFilters custom.cm\:description.maxFilters=3 custom.cm\:description.hitThreshold=1 custom.cm\:description.minFilterValueLength=2 custom.cm\:description.sortBy=DESCENDING custom.cm\:description.scope=SCOPED_SITES custom.cm\:description.scopedSites= custom.cm\:description.isEnabled=true
Links:
[1] https://docs.alfresco.com/search-migration.html
[2] https://docs.alfresco.com/filtered-search-prop.html
[3] https://docs.alfresco.com/super-search-manager.html
[4] https://docs.alfresco.com/../concepts/filtered-search-prop.html
[5] https://docs.alfresco.com/../tasks/filtered-search-custom.html
[6] https://docs.alfresco.com/../concepts/solr-home.html
[7] https://docs.alfresco.com/../concepts/filtered-search.html