Explaining 'Group By' Function in Search Process
TLDR David asked about the 'group_by' function in search, and any performance costs. Kishore Nallan confirmed it uses runtime memory, but doesn't affect search performance. Further clarification about ranking of groups was given.
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Sep 16, 2023 (2 weeks ago)
David
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02:52 PMexhaustive_search=trueKishore Nallan
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04:33 PMpublishedDate:desc and I want to group by genre will the groups be sorted so that the genre with the most recent publishedDate is first?Sep 17, 2023 (1 week ago)
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