Search connectors are also called View Connectors. You can manage them in the Content Service menu by clicking on Content View Connections. When creating a content view, select the Solr Content View Connector.
Search Configuration
- Collection: Name of the Solr core (collection) you are connecting to.
- Result Link: Edit, External Link, Download, Inline.
- Face Fields: List of fields that will be used for faceted search
- Search for default metadata fields:
- Field List: List of fields to be part of search
- Facet Limit: 0 means let Solr decide. Otherwise, set to 1 or more. Default is typically 20, but check your Solr server to be sure.
- Facet Minimum Count: Minimum facets needed to return a result.
- Facet Date Field: Date field used for Facets
- Facet Date Start: Start Date for Facets
- Facet Date End: End Date for Facets
- Facet Date Gap: Simple Facet Parameters
- Highlight: Yes or No to turn off or on highlighting.
- Highlight Fields: Which fields will we return with highlights?
- Highlight Field Length: The length of the highlighted field result. Default is 300, but many users like to set this to 500 or more.
- Stats: Gather usage stats for this connector?
- Public Search: Is this a public search page or behind an authentication wall?
EXTERNAL LINKS
If you choose External Link for the Result Link, you’ll need to configure the URL by clicking the “Add External Link” button at the bottom of the page
Content Service Connector: The unique name of the content service connector this is associated with. You typically have an External Link per content service that is part of the index.
Link Field: The field that will be appended to the URL
Link URL: The URL that will be used. The Link Field will be appended to this field for each result.