This document discusses Apache Solr integration in Magento Enterprise for improved search capabilities. It outlines features like rich text indexing, facets, synonyms, geolocation, and clustering. It also covers setup details and extending Solr functionality through events and model/block rewrites for features like autocomplete, multicore indexing, and additional facets.

1. Enterprise Search
Apache Solr in Magento Enterprise

3. Most users know what
they want
… somehow

4. Rich-Text
Indexing

5. Facets

6. Synonyms

7. words

8. Geolocation

9. Rapid response

10. Clustering

12. Setup

13. LONGTEXT
BINARY
INTEGER
DATETIME
schema.xml
CHAR
BLOB
SET
BOOLEAN
FLOAT

14. LONGTEXT
BINARY
dynamicField
INTEGER
height
DATETIME
size
schema.xml
CHAR
BLOB
SET
color
sword
race
width
figure
unreadable
BOOLEAN
FLOAT

15. LONGTEXT
BINARY
dynamicField
INTEGER
height
DATETIME
size
schema.xml
CHAR
BLOB
SET
color
sword
race
width
figure
unreadable
BOOLEAN
FLOAT

17. Adapter
Collection

18. Luke

19. Spell
check
you
must

20. Automatic correction
Sitewards_SolrCorrection
Model rewrite:
- Enterprise_Search_Model_Adapter_Solr_Abstract::_search
Smart you are!

21. Improved extendibility
Sitewards_SolrCore
Query:
- solr_get_suggest_collection
Adapter:
- solr_extend_index_fields
- solr_search_conditions
- solr_search_interface
New events
we need!

22. Automatic correction
Sitewards_SolrCorrection
Model rewrite:
- Enterprise_Search_Model_Adapter_Solr_Abstract::_search
Event observed:
- solr_search_interface
Better than
rewrite this is!

23. Autocomplete

25. Multicore
CMS
Products
Staging
Multishop
Third party

26. New category index
Sitewards_SolrCategoryIndex
schema.xml
Events observed:
- catalog_category_save_after
- catalog_category_delete_after
- catalogsearch_index_process_complete
- solr_search_conditions

27. More facets
Sitewards_MultipleFilterTypes
Model rewrites:
- catalog/layer_filter_attribute
- catalog/layer_filter_price
- catalogsearch/layer_filter_attribute
- enterprise_search/search_layer_filter_attribute
Block rewrites:
- catalog/layer_view
- catalog/layer_filter_decimal

28. Most users know what
they want
… somehow

29. Help them!

30. Thanks!
github.com/sitewards
@mannersd - @airbone42
www.sitewards.com/movember