Frequently-Asked Questions about Sitecore and Managed Search
SearchStax offers many pages of Solr/Sitecore-related information, most of which were written in response to frequently-asked questions about connecting SearchStax Managed Search service deployments to Sitecore websites.
This page presently the full list of pages for rapid review.
SearchStax Sitecore Topics
The following topics are found in the SearchStax Help Center.
Can SearchStax provide Solr indexing to Sitecore?
SearchStax has hundreds of Sitecore clients. See the Sitecore/Solr Compatibility page for more information.
Sitecore Connection Errors
Managed Search customers sometimes encounter issues when connecting Sitecore to Solr Cloud for the first time. The issues are so common that a developer can encounter them in sequence (fix… Continue reading Sitecore Connection Errors
Can we use Sitecore’s SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
Users sometimes ask about using Sitecore’s “Switch on Rebuild” type configuration. This uses a secondary core which can be read while the primary core is being rebuilt. SWAP vs. CREATEALIAS… Continue reading Can we use Sitecore’s SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
Optimizing the xConnect Search Service
Sitecore offers a page of advice about optimizing search and indexing of your xDB index. https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0671173
Why does Sitecore fail to populate schemas?
While connecting Sitecore to Solr Cloud, some clients encounter a problem trying to populate the schema used by the Sitecore collections. It often looks like this: This occurs when Sitecore… Continue reading
Lowering &rows=1000000
By default, Sitecore sends queries to Solr with the &rows parameter set to 1000000. This setting places enormous stress on Solr, sometimes maximizing CPU and JVM usage, because Solr allocates… Continue reading Lowering &rows=1000000
Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Index
If you are using Sitecore 10.0 or an older version, you might face a problem when trying to unpublish an item from the web database or even delete an item… Continue reading Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Index
SearchStax Cloud Sitecore Topics
Topics associated with the SearchStax Managed Search Connector for Sitecore.
Sitecore/Solr Compatibility
What Sitecore/Solr combination are available for Managed Search? Some Solr releases are compatible with some Sitecore releases. Other combinations may not work at all, or may seem to work until… Continue reading Sitecore/Solr Compatibility
Sitecore 9.1
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 9.1 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 9.1
Sitecore 9.2
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore website. This… Continue reading Sitecore 9.2
Sitecore 9.3
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 9.3 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 9.3
Sitecore 10.0
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 10.0 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 10.0
Sitecore 10.1
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 10.1 website.… Continue reading
Sitecore 10.2
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 10.2 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 10.2
Sitecore 10.3
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 10.3 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 10.3
Sitecore 10.4
SearchStax Managed Search can be used to enable Apache Solr on a Sitecore 10.4 website.… Continue reading Sitecore 10.4
Sitecore Custom Indexes
How to Add Custom Indexes to Sitecore using SearchStax Managed Search… Continue reading Sitecore Custom Indexes
Sitecore SwitchOnRebuild
Enable Sitecore’s SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax Managed Search… Continue reading
Sitecore Topics from the SearchStax Blog
Plus, there are these selected blog posts from the full index of SearchStax Blog.
6 Reasons to Consider SearchStax Solr-as-a-Service
July 20, 2020
SearchStax Solr-as-a-Service has been selected by more than 200 customers over the last 4 years and here are the top 6 reasons why.
Sitecore Relies on SearchStax Managed Solr | SearchStax Blog
August 15, 2021
In our latest Case Study, see how Sitecore implements SearchStax Managed Solr to get a more stable, secure and robust Solr environment for their website.
Sitecore Best Practices for Solr Indexing | SearchStax Blog
Following our Sitecore best practices for Solr indexing will result in better performance and optimize resources consumption on Sitecore.
Migrating Azure Search to Solr Service for Sitecore – SearchStax
November 22, 2020
Migrating Azure Search to Solr Service for Sitecore is a fairly easy and straightforward process with SearchStax.
Sitecore SwitchOnRebuild and SearchStax SoIrCloud | The Search Experience Blog
April 27, 2020
Setting up the Sitecore SwitchOnRebuild feature with SolrCloud should be as simple as following the path to Grandma’s house – watch out for these red flags.
Sitecore Solr Stop Words Made Easy | The Search Experience Blog
April 2,2019
In Sitecore, it’s easy to use Solr stop words to remove specific words from queries to parse through the content and find the exact search phrase.
Questions?
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