Configure custom sort criteria - Fluid Topics - Latest

Fluid Topics Configuration and Administration Guide
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Each custom sort criterion typically follows one of the following templates:

  • facet,order

  • facet,order,sort_type

Where:

  • facet is any search facet configured for the portal.

  • order specifies the sort order. This parameter accepts one of the following values:

    • ASC for ascending.

    • DESC for descending.

  • sort_type specifies the sort type. This parameter accepts one of the following values:

It is possible to configure multiple cascading criteria by separating each criterion with a ; (semi-colon) as in the following examples:

  1. ft:relevance,DESC;Version,ASC,NATURAL;Category,DESC,ALPHA

  2. ft:relevance,DESC;ft:isPublication,DESC;ft:title,ASC,NATURAL

For more information about custom sort criteria, see Custom sort order.

Users should always set the ft:relevance,DESC criterion as the first criterion in custom sort templates. Downgrading or removing the ft:relevance,DESC criterion may produce unexpected search results.

  • The custom relevance sort criteria overrides the default relevance sort criteria for the Search page. It also applies to all other search-based features and web services.
  • When two replies are found to be equal once every criterion has been evaluated, the replies are sorted by descending docId (meaning that the newest document appears first).