Searching part of a word via solr search to get (live) results

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#1

Hey guys,

first I have to say thanks für the great software you developed!
In Version 9.4 I have the problem that by searching a part of a word there is no result in live search or after typing enter. I.e. typing “sugg” there is no result of the pagename “suggesting something” even if there is a page named like this.

Is there an Option to activate this function? Because i remember years ago I installed xwiki, there was a function like this?

Thanks for your support,
Chrlae

#2

Chrlae,

Try using wildcards. e.g. sugg* without quotes.
For more details read this help guide and read the Solr manual on the Apache site, specifically the DisMax section.

Ben

#3

You can configure the live search to use prefix matching (http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Solr+Search+Application#HAdvancedSearchSuggestSources) but it’s not very performant (which is the reason why we don’t use it by default).

Hope this helps,
Marius

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