[Koha] Facets

[Eric Bégin]

Tom,

I don't know why exactly you do not have facets when use_zebra_facets is 
1, it should.

When use_zebra_facets is set to 0, Koha uses the X first results to 
compute facets, where X is set in the maxRecordsForFacets system 
preferences.

Eric Bégin
Solutions inLibro inc.

On 2016-05-19 12:36, Tom Hanstra wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand how facets work.
>
> I'm testing V3.22 (both .04 and .06) and have found that running with the
> default of using facets from zebra:
>
>   <use_zebra_facets>1</use_zebra_facets>
>
> Does not present the facets on searches. However, if I change that to 0,
> which I assume then does not use Zebra facets but instead gets the facets
> from somewhere else, then the facets appear.
>
> Questions:
> - With this set to 0, where do the facets come from?
> - Why might the default of setting facets from Zebra not work? Did I miss
> something on my Zebra compilation or indexing?
>
> My first thought is just to leave this set to 0 since that works and 1 does
> not. But I do want to understand the tradeoffs and why it is working as it
> is.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>