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Using String* Field as Facet Field in Typesense

TLDR Johnny asked about using a string* field as a facet field in Typesense. Jason provided an alternative solution.

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Sep 18, 2023 (2 months ago)

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Johnny

05:33 AM

Hi everyone, I wondering is it possiable to use a string* field as facet field, such as I have a multi-value field called productType, and one product will contains serveral types, I use string* as its field type and put ["a","b","c"] as its value. but finnally I only get 1 facet called "["a","b","c"]" but no "a", "b", "c". Does someone have some experience with it, thanks a lot in advance!

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Jason

02:23 PM

This is not possible to do in Typesense.

Instead of an array of values, you could create a field with a-b-c and facet on that

Sep 19, 2023 (2 months ago)

Johnny

01:25 AM

thank you!

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