Resolving Odd Search Results and Using Curation Feature
TLDR Gerald experienced odd search results, and Jason suggested setting `drop_tokens_threshold` and using the curation feature to filter out certain results.
Jason
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:16:33 UTCI suspect this is `drop_tokens_threshold` kicking in. Could you try setting `drop_tokens_threshold: 1000`?
Gerald
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:16:00 UTCThanks for that, I used the option which designates a deep search and it improved. I’ll compare when I’m out of the garden
Gerald
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:23:00 UTCThese options helped (in different ways). We are still adapting how our data is being seen by typesense. Is there a solution out there in userland where you can build a list of terms which would automatically filter out certain results?
Jason
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:07:19 UTCYup, you want to look at the curation feature:
Gerald
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:53:31 UTCThere’s a lot of control there! Can search query use multiple words per rule, such as “chair or sofa” would filter out content which is not categorized as “seating”
Jason
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:58:44 UTCIt supports multiple words, but as literal strings, not as boolean operators
Jason
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:59:06 UTCFor your example, you want to create multiple rules
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Gerald
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:41:56 UTCI have a circumstance where results appear to rank oddly. Let’s say I’m searching by 4 fields: primary category (furniture, etc), secondary (type), material, title. If I search for “metal chair” the result pulls up entries with the word “metal” in the title. Even though the primary and secondary category are weighted higher than title.