We recently needed multiple values in the payload, so I put a JSON blob in there. It comes back as a string, so you have to decode that JSON separately. Otherwise, it was a pretty clean solution.
wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Apr 14, 2017, at 1:57 PM, OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, that works! But is it possible to have multiple payloadFields? > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Marek Tichy <ma...@gn.apc.org> wrote: > >> Utilize the payload field. >>> I don't need to search multiple fields; I need to search just one field >> but >>> get the corresponding values from another field as well. >>> I.e. if a user is searching for cities, I wouldn't need the countries to >>> also be searched. However, when the list of cities is displayed, I need >>> their corresponding countries to also be displayed. >>> This is obviously possible with the regular Solr index, but I can't >> figure >>> out how to do it with the Suggester index, which seems to only be able to >>> have one field. >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Binoy Dalal <binoydala...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> You can create a copy field and copy to it from all the fields you want >> to >>>> retrieve the suggestions from and then use that field with the >> suggester. >>>> >>>> On Thu 13 Apr, 2017, 23:21 OTH, <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I've followed the steps here to set up auto-suggest: >>>>> https://lucidworks.com/2015/03/04/solr-suggester/ >>>>> >>>>> So basically I configured the auto-suggester in solrconfig.xml, where I >>>>> told it which field in my index needs to be used for auto-suggestion. >>>>> >>>>> The problem is: >>>>> When the user searches in the text box in the front end, if they are >>>>> searching for cities, I also need the countries to appear in the >>>> drop-down >>>>> list which the user sees. >>>>> The field which is being searched is only 'city' here. However, I need >>>> to >>>>> retrieve the corresponding value in the 'country' field as well. >>>>> >>>>> How could I do this using the suggester? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Binoy Dalal >>>> >> >>