Collapsing or grouping search results means keeping similar results together so they display in a concise, readable way.
There are typically two scenarios where you want to collapse search results:
To display a concise list of results, often based on multiple criteria. You do not want to explore, you just want to see specific hits.
Examples:
For web search, you want to keep only one result per site.
You want a list of every Apple phone that had more than 1000 units sold in the past week, worldwide, regardless of store or country.
To do this, use grouping, which we will explain in this section.
To see the overall distribution of search results in a dashboard, and to explore the results by drilling down on certain areas.
For example, you want to know how different Apple products are selling in different countries.
For more information, see Collapsing/ Grouping Search Results in the Exalead CloudView Configuration Guide.