Defining Advanced Settings for String Facets

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Advanced Facet Settings page (for string data types). You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control	Description
Allow Multi Select	By default, all facets enable you to choose multiple facet values on the Global Search results page and the component search results page to filter and narrow down the search results. Select the Allow Multi Select check box to enable multiple facet-values selection in hierarchical facets. If you deselect this option, single select applies to the current facet. Note: Selecting multiple facet values is supported only on fluid search pages; not on classic or classic plus search pages. See Working with Search Results in Global Search.
Expand Tree Facet	The Search Options page contains the Expand Tree Facet option to specify the setting at the system level. The default value is collapsed, that is, the Expand Tree Facet check box is not selected. Select the Expand Tree Facet option if you want the tree facets to be expanded. If you select this option, you are overriding the setting specified on the Search Options page, and the override setting applies to the current facet only. You can use this option to override the setting specified on the Search Options page. See Managing General Search Options.
Override default settings	Select to override the values entered on the Search Options page (PeopleTools, and then Search Framework, and then Search Admin Activity Guide, and then Administration, and then Search Options). When selected the disabled settings on the page become enabled so that you can override the equivalent values entered on the Search Options page. The override values apply to the current facet only. If not selected, the values entered on the Search Options page apply.
Minimum Document Count	Set the minimum number of search results (documents) required to display a facet. Default is 1.
Maximum Facet Children	Set the maximum number of children to be returned for each facet node. Default is 100. Options to enter are: An integer greater than 0 to limit the number of children displayed. 0 to indicate no children should be displayed. –1 to return all children (no limit).
Disable Facet Count	Enables controlling the display of the result count (document count) for each facet node. For example, if 15 search results met a facet node’s criteria, (15) appears next to the facet label. Enter Y for Yes or N for No.
Level	In the case of a nested facet, you can add additional rows to the sort order grid, and set different sort options at each level. The Level column indicates the level to which the sort options apply (1, 2, 3, and so on). For multi-select facets, level 1 sort option is used for all levels.
Sort as	Select one of these options to specify how the facet should be treated: Count. While the default sort order is to sort facet values by search result count in a descending order, the Count option enables you to apply an ascending order, for example. Number. Apply the number data type to the facet value. String. Apply the string, or character, data type to the facet value.
Sort order	Specify the sort order that best suits your selected Sort as option and how users expect to see the values displayed, ascending or descending.