From the day Solr 3.4 was released its users got a nice feature which allows if the results of a filter query or query should be placed in cache. In addition to that we got the possibility to set filter query cost. Let’s see how to use those features.
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Faceting, filters elimination and how to use it ?
During my everyday work, I have seen many repeated queries, to Solr, with only one filter difference. When I asked why – I got anserws that it was necessary to get the faceting results for various filters. If you are using Solr version 1.4 or later, my suggestion is to use local params – what is it and how to use – this post will attempt to answer both questions.