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 Managed Search provide Solr indexing support for Sitecore?
Help Center Categories: Sitecore Solr Topics
Optimizing the xConnect Search Service
SearchStax Managed Search service clients often ask us about optimizing the Sitecore xDB index. 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… Continue reading Optimizing the xConnect Search Service
Lowering &rows=1000000
SearchStax Managed Search service clients often ask us how to optimize Solr queries. A Solr /select query has an optional &rows parameter that tells the Solr responseHandler how many documents… Continue reading Lowering &rows=1000000
Can we use SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
SearchStax Managed Search service users sometimes ask about using Sitecore’s “Switch on Rebuild” feature. This uses a secondary core which can be read while the primary core is being rebuilt.… Continue reading Can we use SwitchOnRebuild with SearchStax?
Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Sitecore Index
When SearchStax Managed Search service clients use Sitecore 10.0 or an older version, they sometimes face a problem when trying to unpublish an item from the web database or even… Continue reading Unpublish/Delete Fails to Remove Item from Sitecore Index
Sitecore Solr Cloud Connection Errors
SearchStax Managed Search service 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… Continue reading Sitecore Solr Cloud Connection Errors
POST vs. GET Requests
Overview SearchStax Managed Search service 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… Continue reading POST vs. GET Requests
Why does Sitecore fail to populate schemas?
While connecting Sitecore to the SearchStax Managed Search service, some clients encounter a problem trying to populate the schema used by the Sitecore collections. It often looks like this: This… Continue reading Why does Sitecore fail to populate schemas?