Enabled Facets

Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) have enabled certain field attributes within the search definitions (and related search categories) as facets within PeopleSoft Search Framework.

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The search framework requires that faceted values are populated, meaning that there cannot be blank values sent for any field defined as a facet.

When search attributes are defined as facets in PeopleSoft Search Framework, performance degradation can occur when building the index and when performing the search. As a general rule, fields that contain a large number of values should not be enabled as facets. Depending on your FSCM environment, this can include facet values such as Supplier Name or Entered By. If you have thousands of possible faceted values, system performance can be compromised if these types of attributes are enabled as facets. Depending on your environment and volume, you should consider enabling, or disabling, additional facets to balance functional needs against system performance.

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Changing faceted values within a search definition is considered a minor customization. Any changes you make to existing Search Definitions, or other PeopleSoft delivered objects should be tracked as with any customization.