Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-lucene-solr-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-solr-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 875F3C613 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:24:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4070 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jun 2012 21:24:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-solr-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 4033 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jun 2012 21:24:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact solr-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list solr-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 4019 invoked by uid 99); 7 Jun 2012 21:24:49 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:24:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.8 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FSL_RCVD_USER,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of ssheno3@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.48 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.48] (HELO mail-bk0-f48.google.com) (209.85.214.48) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:24:41 +0000 Received: by bkcjf20 with SMTP id jf20so1343116bkc.35 for ; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:24:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=bubHIWBdoMpIQtkBfMl/3x9eAHk+hidgIc4fRHN/KWI=; b=k1AvTgdQb4oXBJk6gMH+SkS/GQMBYzMT7/4gSyOZVp92Xdf27E35IBoGYnpwQb0KEz mDp0BqXvfJuMlAgIvLPh6sX3acO4sEDi7/7ZtHjEHqUvgdUmLnDIKwke8rUoRWeTODSX dkVzSAnFU5DMBMiQBE9IYs3T3S3992jMY4DBpZWmF80ejbC75DR+KK3/P9UF5tnG6ybI hHZGjAcbc9H4a2NLJy3Tc3NItUS1ar2B8Np0aIbAMF7U89owRn+GeMXdTJf4bqvn+7+5 e+78scTmTFDkLz+dhQy/pXAr0khrQCY5rEvoF60eeIt82ALOHGAzmzs9dRy3Zrjc2Mhs Wc4w== Received: by 10.205.123.9 with SMTP id gi9mr3014979bkc.50.1339104261515; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:24:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.182.15 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:24:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Swetha Shenoy Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:24:01 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Filter query vs Facets To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015173febeed3298a04c1e88177 --0015173febeed3298a04c1e88177 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I had a question regarding the filter query (fq) and faceted search. Both are used to filter search results. Can someone tell me how they are different and when you would use one over the other? Thanks, Swetha --0015173febeed3298a04c1e88177--