The Details tab contains information that defines the setup of the current refinement.
Active: This check box indicates whether or not this refinement is available for use on the web site. Inactive refinements will not be used on the web site.
General: This summary box contains basic information for the refinement.
Name: This text entry field contains the name of the refinement as defined in Site Manager.
Start Date: The first date the refinement will be available for use on the web site. An empty start date indicates the refinement is available immediately.
End Date: The last date the refinement will be available for use on the web site. An empty end date indicates the refinement will remain available until it is manually removed.
Data Type: This summary box contains information on where the data that will populate the refinement can be found. Refinement data is located within the search index used by the site. The information in this summary box describes where in the index the information is located.
Source Field: The list of refinement values from the Solr attributes. The valid list of values is defined in the solr.refinement.index.facet.fields.values site parameter. The delivered valid values are: COLOR, SHOW_SWATCHES, SIZE, and STYLE.
Numeric Data: This check box indicates whether or not the refinement values should be interpreted as numeric or alphanumeric values. This check box must be selected if Sort Numerically is chosen as the Sorting option, but must remain unchecked for all other sort options.
Treat as Range: This check box indicates whether or not the refinement values should be treated as a range. If this check box is checked, "Numeric Data" is usually also checked.
Display: This summary box contains information that affects the display of the refinement when it appears on a page on the website.
Display Name: This text entry field contains the label that will proceed the the refinement when it appears on a page on the website.
Display Order: This drop-down list box contains a selection of sorting methods that will be used to sort the refinement values when they are displayed on the website. The sorting options are:
Display Alphabetically: The refinement values will be sorted alphabetically.
Sort Numerically: The refinement values will be sorted numerically. Numeric Data in the Data Type summary box must also be selected if this sort value is chosen.
Most Relevant Values First: The refinement values will be sorted based on the number of items that contain the refinement value. For example, in a refinement that is color based, the "blue" refinement value will appear before the "red" refinement value if there are more blue items than red items.
Explicit Order: The refinement values will be sorted based on the order they appear in on the Values tab. Refinement values may be manually ordered on that tab.
Save Attributes: This button will save modifications made on this tab to the database. No modifications will be saved until this button is selected.