Retrieving the order of refinements

A core capability of Endeca Server is the ability to dynamically order and present the most popular refinement values to the user.

There are two ways in which you can configure the display order of refinements in the Conversation Web Service:

By specifying the value for system-navigation_Sorting in the PDR, for a standard or managed attribute.
By using query-time control of the display order specified in the OrderByRecordCount attribute in the RefinementConfig element of the Conversation Web Service request. Note that by using this method, you can override the system-navigation_Sorting settings for a given attribute. For detailed information, see About query-time control of refinement ordering and Enabling the refinement order at query time.