Sitecore uses Solr as a search engine to index and retrieve content from the Sitecore database. Solr is designed to provide fast search results, even with large amounts of data. It… Continue reading Can SearchStax provide Solr indexing to Sitecore?
Help Center Categories: Sitecore Solr Topics
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 Questions? Do not hesitate to contact the SearchStax Support Desk.
Lowering &rows=1000000
A Solr /select query has an optional &rows parameter that tells the Solr responseHandler how many documents to include in the response. The default value is 10 documents. For a… Continue reading Lowering &rows=1000000
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?
Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Sitecore 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 Sitecore Index
Sitecore Connection Errors
SearchStax Cloud 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
POST vs. GET Requests
Overview Solr queries may be submitted using either the GET or POST HTTP method. The query string of a GET request is included as part of the URL in the… Continue reading POST vs. GET Requests
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 Why does Sitecore fail to populate schemas?