Setting Up Grouping

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Grouping

Add a Group

  1. In the Administration Console, go to Search > Search Logics > Your search logic > Sort & Relevance.
  2. Under Group, click Enable.
  3. Define your grouping and sorting criteria by clicking Edit.

    For our example, specify:

    1. Group by: quantity > 50.
    2. Sort hits in group by: distance.

    When in the Expression builder, if you do not see the field that you want on the list of Index fields, it is because the field is not being stored in RAM. You need to enable that field's RAM-based option, apply your changes, then clear your build group & reindex.

  4. (Optional) Specify an additional clause to your Group by expression by clicking Add clause.

    For an example of how additional clauses impact your search results, see Multicriteria Grouping Example.

  5. Click Apply.

Create an Aggregation for a Group

  1. In the Group section, expand Aggregations
  2. Select the type of aggregation. For our example, select Sum.
    1. Enter an expression. For our example, type quantity.
    2. Specify the name of the meta to store the aggregation. For our example, type total_quantity_for_group.
  3. Click Apply.

You can now add a hit meta to display this aggregation.

Display the Aggregation in the Grouped Hit

  1. In your aggregation definition, copy the meta name that is storing the aggregation to the clipboard.
  2. On the Hit content tab, click Add meta.
  3. Paste the meta name into the Name box. In our example, this is total_quantity_for_group.
  4. In the setup panel for this meta, click Add meta source.
  5. In Index field, paste the aggregation’s meta name again: total_quantity_for_group.
  6. Click Apply.

The next time you perform a search in your application, this new meta display in your grouped hits.