Thanks. I found this, which is much more clear than the manual. http://www.openjems.com/solr-external-file-fields/
The Solr manual should include the info about how to declare the field. wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Nov 17, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > > : Do I need to define a field with <field/> when I use an external file > : field? I see the <fieldType/> to define it, but the docs don’t say how > : to define the field. > > you define the field (or dynamicField) just like any other field -- the > fieldType is where you specify things like the 'keyField' & the 'defVal', > but then the field/dynamicField definition dictate the underlying > filename that will be used > > So if you want 5 diff ExternalFileFields that all use keyField="id" but you > only need one <fieldType/> and five <field/> -- but if you need them all > to have 5 diff 'defVal' then you need five <fieldType/> and five > <field/> > > > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/
