{"id":390,"date":"2011-12-23T21:57:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sematext.solr.pl\/?p=390"},"modified":"2020-11-11T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:57:33","slug":"explain-solr-pl-beta-version-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solr.pl\/en\/2011\/12\/23\/explain-solr-pl-beta-version-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain.solr.pl beta version available"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce, that http:\/\/explain.solr.pl<\/a> is now available for users. Please remember that this is a beta version and will be further developed. If you want to know more details please read the following blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Design<\/h3>\n

Currently explain.solr.pl can analyze the query of 3.x version of Solr and it’s getting ready to be able to handle 4.0 version of Solr.<\/p>\n

Explain visualization<\/h3>\n

In the current version explain.solr.pl<\/a> visualizes score<\/em> values of the given documents.<\/p>\n

In order to add a new explain visualization you need to run your query with an additional debugQuery=on<\/em> parameter and next paste the result returned by Solr to explain.solr.pl<\/a> (if you will use web browser to get the results please remember to paste the page source). After hitting the “Create explain<\/em>” button your explain visualization will be created and you will be taken to that visualization web page. Currently explain.solr.pl<\/a> supports only results in XML format, so if you use another format (like json) please ommit the wt<\/em> parameter or set it to wt=xml<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is also possible to verify hits for any document, even one that was not found in the search results (given to Solr with the use of explainOther<\/em> parameter). It can be useful to check why the given document wasn’t included in the result list.<\/p>\n

Available information<\/h3>\n

After creating the new explain visualization you have a series of information available. Information about the query is shown ones for the whole explain, while the rest of the information is shown for each document.<\/p>\n

Information about query<\/h4>\n

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In this part of explain.solr.p<\/a>l you can see:<\/p>\n

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  1. Unique identifier of your explain visualization.<\/li>\n
  2. Information about debugOther<\/em> parameter not being used.
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  3. The actual query.<\/li>\n
  4. Information about explain visualization being available to public.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Fields and values<\/h4>\n

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    In this part of the explain.solr.pl<\/a> you can see information about fields and theirs values that were available in the search results.<\/p>\n

    Visualization of elements influencing total score value<\/h4>\n

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    The following information is visible in this part of the explain.solr.pl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Percentage influence of each value on the global score<\/em> value of the document.<\/li>\n
    2. Pie chart visualizing the data visible in the left column.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Getting back to once visualized explain<\/h3>\n

      If you wish to get back to your once visualised explain please to the following URL address: http:\/\/explain.solr.pl\/explains\/EXPLAIN_ID<\/em>, where EXPLAIN_ID<\/em> is the unique identifier of your explain. If you don’t remember unique identifier of your visualized explain, you can find it out in the “history<\/em>” page.<\/p>\n

      Hiding your explain<\/h3>\n

      If you don’t want your explain information to be available to public, please uncheck the “I want this explain to be visible on history page<\/em>” checkbox during explain creation. Please remember that in order to get back to private explain you will need to remember its unique identifier.<\/p>\n

      Issues raising<\/h3>\n

      To raise a new issue You found in explain.solr.pl<\/a>, please create a new issue on https:\/\/github.com\/solrpl\/explain<\/a> or send a mail to explain<\/strong>(at)solr<\/strong>(dot)pl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      Request<\/h3>\n

      We also have a request to the community. If you have some notes, if you encounter an error or would like some additional functionality please write an mail to explain<\/strong>(at)solr<\/strong>(dot)pl<\/strong>. This will allow us to better understand Your needs and will make explain.solr.pl<\/a> better suite Your needs.<\/p>\n

      Something at the end<\/h3>\n

      At the very end we would like to show you how the process of developing http:\/\/explain.solr.pl<\/a> looks like. We used a tool called gsource<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n