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configuration:blender [2022/04/25 08:26] – [Limitations] emaijalaconfiguration:blender [2023/11/01 07:33] – [Limitations] emaijala
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 ===== Limitations ===== ===== Limitations =====
  
-  * Currently only basic search is supported.+  * Advanced search (available from VuFind 9.1) is relatively simple compared to backend-specific advanced searches.
   * It is recommended to keep maximum number of results available for paging low, as merging results further from the beginning is a heavy process.   * It is recommended to keep maximum number of results available for paging low, as merging results further from the beginning is a heavy process.
   * Blending the results is not a magic process, and relevance ranking works quite differently across platforms. There are settings available that affect blending of initial results, but currently it's mostly just round robin.   * Blending the results is not a magic process, and relevance ranking works quite differently across platforms. There are settings available that affect blending of initial results, but currently it's mostly just round robin.
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 :!: It is strongly recommended to enable search caching for each backend to improve performance and reduce duplicated requests. See the [SearchCache] section for the relevant search configuration file for details. Using Memcached is recommended. :!: It is strongly recommended to enable search caching for each backend to improve performance and reduce duplicated requests. See the [SearchCache] section for the relevant search configuration file for details. Using Memcached is recommended.
  
 +===== Accessing Blended Search =====
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 +''Blender'' can be configured as a search tab in SearchTabs section of config.ini or as default backend by setting `defaultSearchBackend = Blender` in Site section. The URL for blended search results is ''<vufind base address>/Search/Blended''
  
 ===== Configuration ===== ===== Configuration =====
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 ---- struct data ---- ---- struct data ----
 +properties.Page Owner : emaijala
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configuration/blender.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/01 10:55 by demiankatz