Retrieving the bulk-format records

By using members from the Navigation class, you can retrieve the returned set of bulk-format records from the Navigation query object.

The list of Endeca records is returned from the MDEX Engine inside the standard Navigation object. The records are returned compressed in a gzipped format. The format is not directly exposed to the application developer; the developer only has access to the bulk data through the methods from the language being used. Note that the retrieval method depends on whether you have a Java or .NET implementation.

It is up to the front-end application developer to determine what to do with the retrieved records. For example, you can display each record’s property and/or dimension values, as described in this guide. You can also write code to properly format the property and dimension values for export to an external file, such as a Microsoft Excel file or a CSV file.