Faceting in Solr

Faceting can be defined as grouping up the grouping up the fields of search results, so that user can narrow down their search. Solr comes with simple implementation of it.

Parameter	Example	Explanation
facet	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true	If this is set to true then facets are enable for the current search.
facet.field	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category	Facets will be returned for these fields defined.
facet.prefix	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.prefix=Classic	This will return only the fields matching the prefix in the facets.
facet.contains	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.contains=and	This will return the facets containing the term matching
facet.sort	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.sort=id	This will sort the results based on the field given.
facet.limit	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.sort=id&facet.limit=2	This will limit the facets to be returned.
facet.offset	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id	This will display the facets from the given offset
facet.mincount	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.mincount=10	This will return the facets , having only the matching count.
facet.missing	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.mincount=10&facet.missing=true	This will return the facets that is matching query but not the facet matching
facet.method	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.mincount=10&facet.method=enum	Algorithm to be used .
facet.range	http://localhost:8983/solr/refrence/browse?q=Trucks+opening&wt=json&facet=true&facet.field=category&facet.field=id&facet.mincount=10&facet.method=enum&facet.range=price	This has to be returned for range faceting