Hello Xavier,
Thanks for uploading this and sharing. I also read the other messages in the
thread.
I'm able to get part way through your Getting Started section, I get results,
but I get stuck on the editing values. I've tried with Java 6 and 7, with both
the 0.5 binary and from the source distribution.
What's working:
* Default Solr 4.1 install (plus a couple extra fields in schema)
* Able to connect to Solr (/collection1)
* Able to select handler (/select)
* Able to run a search:
q=bandwidth
rows=10
fl=title
rest: pt=45.15,-93.85 (per your example)
* Get 2 search results with titles
* Able to select a result, mouse over, highlight score, etc.
However, what I'm stuck on:
* Below the Run Query button, I only see the grayed out Scoring slider.
* The instructions say to highlight some numbers
- I tried highlighting the 10 in rows paramour
- I also tried the 45.15 in "rest", and some of the scores in the results list
I never see the extra parameters you show in this screen shot:
https://raw.github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/master/img/screenshot-selecttarget.jpg
I see the word "Scoring:"
I don't see the blue text "Select a number as a target to tweak"
I don't see the parameters qf, bf_0, 1, 2, bq_0, etc.
I'm not sure how to get those extra fields to appear in the UI.
I also tried adding defType=edismax, no luck
The Handlers it sees:
/select, /query, /browse, /spell, /tvrh, /clustering, /terms, /elevate
(from default Solr 4.1 solrconfig.xml)
I'm using /select
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On Feb 23, 2013, at 6:12 AM, jmlucjav <jmluc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have built a small tool to help me tweak some params in Solr (typically
> qf, bf in edismax). As maybe others find it useful, I am open sourcing it
> on github: https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun
>
> Check github for some more info and screenshots. I include part of the
> github page below.
> regards
>
> Description
>
> Did you ever spend lots of time trying to tweak all numbers in a *edismax*
> handler *qf*, *bf*, etc params so docs get scored to your liking? Imagine
> you have the params below, is 20 the right boosting for *name* or is it too
> much? Is *population* being boosted too much versus distance? What about
> new documents?
>
> <!-- fields, boost some -->
> <str name="qf">name^20 textsuggest^10 edge^5 ngram^2 phonetic^1</str>
> <str name="mm">33%</str>
> <!-- boost closest hits -->
> <str name="bf">recip(geodist(),1,500,0)</str>
> <!-- boost by population -->
> <str name="bf">product(log(sum(population,1)),100)</str>
> <!-- boost newest docs -->
> <str name="bf">recip(rord(moddate),1,1000,1000)</str>
>
> This tool was developed in order to help me tweak the values of boosting
> functions etc in Solr, typically when using edismax handler. If you are fed
> up of: change a number a bit, restart Solr, run the same query to see how
> documents are scored now...then this tool is for you.
> <https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun#features>Features
>
> - Can tweak numeric values in the following params: *qf, pf, bf, bq,
> boost, mm* (others can be easily added) even in *<appends> or
> <invariants>*
> - View side by side a Baseline query result and how it changes when you
> gradually change each value in the params
> - Colorized values, color depends on how the document does related to
> baseline query
> - Tooltips give you Explain info
> - Works on remote Solr installations
> - Tested with Solr 3.6, 4.0 and 4.1 (other versions would work too, as
> long as wt=javabin format is compatible)
> - Developed using Groovy/Griffon
>
> <https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun#requirements>Requirements
>
> - */select* handler should be available, and not have any *<appends> or
> <invariants>*, as it could interfere with how vifun works.
> - Java6 is needed (maybe it runs on Java5 too). A JRE should be enough.
>
> <https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun#getting-started>Getting started
> <https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun#click-here-to-download-latest-version-and-unzip>Click
> here to download latest
> version<http://code.google.com/p/vifun/downloads/detail?name=vifun-0.4.zip>
> and
> unzip
>
> - Run vifun-0.4\bin\vifun.bat or vifun-04\bin\vifun if on linux/OSX
> - Edit *Solr URL* to match yours (in Sol4.1 default is
> http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1 for example) [image: hander
>
> selection]<https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/raw/master/img/screenshot-handlers.jpg>
> - *Show Handerls*, and select the handler you wish to tweak from *
> Handerls* dropdown. The text area below shows the parameters of the
> handler.
> - Modify the values to run a baseline query:
> - *q*: query string you want to use
> - *rows*: as in Solr, don't choose a number too small, so you can see
> more documents, I typically use 500
> - *fl*: comma separated list of fields you want to show for each doc,
> keep it short (other fields needed will be added, like the id, score)
> - *rest*: in case you need to add more params, for example: sfield,
> fq etc) [image: query
> params]<https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/raw/master/img/screenshot-qparams.jpg>
> - *Run Query*. The two panels on the right will show the same result,
> sorted by score.[image:
> results]<https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/raw/master/img/screenshot-results.jpg>
> - Use the mouse to select the number you want to tweak in Score params
> (select all the digits). Note the label of the field is highlighted with
> current value. [image: target
> selection]<https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/raw/master/img/screenshot-selecttarget.jpg>
> - Move the slider, release and see how a new query is run, and you can
> compare how result changes with the current value. In the Current table,
> you can see current position/score and also delta relative to the baseline.
> The colour of the row reflects how much the doc gained/lost. [image:
> tweaking a
> value]<https://github.com/jmlucjav/vifun/raw/master/img/screenshot-baseline.jpg>
> - You can increase the limits of the slider, and if you are satisfied
> with a value, set it, so it will be set to current value.
> - Tweak another number...
> - Tooltips exist in Current (Explain info) and Baseline (pos/score of
> that doc in Current, and Explain in Score column)
