Last summer I wrote a blog post about indexing a MySQL database into Apache Solr. I would like to now revisit the post to update it for use with Solr 5 and start diving into how to implement some basic search features such as Facets Spellcheck Phonetic search Query Completion Setting up our environment The [...]
Installing logstash is easy. Problems arrive only once you have to configure it. This post will reveal some of the tricks the ELK team at Comperio has found helpful.
First, some background A few years ago Comperio launched a nifty service for Posten Norge, Norway’s postal service. Through the service, retail companies can upload their catalogues and seasonal flyers to make the products listed within searchable. Although the catalogue handling and processing is also very interesting, we’re going to focus on the search side [...]
FRONT 5 is now released. FRONT is the tool that Comperio has developed to create advanced search solutions for our customers. We are now releasing a new version of FRONT with new features, and improved speed and stability. Improved speed and stability We have spent a lot of time improving performance. We know that it [...]
Kibana 4 is a great tool for analyzing data. Vinmonopolet, the Norwegian government owned alcoholic beverage retail monopoly, makes their list of products available online in an easily digestible csv format. So, what beer should I buy next? Kibana will soon tell me.
The CSV file import facility in Neo4J is interesting in that it allows you to run Cypher queries iteratively over your dataset. This gives us a lot of flexibility and relieves us of the need for transforming our data to a Neo4J specific format. We can export tables with for example foreign keys to other [...]
Recently on a project I got an interesting request. Content owners wanted to enrich new documents submitted to the search index with content from documents already present in the index. We use Solr as the search backend for this particular customer so I started thinking about how to achieve this with Solr. A bit of [...]
So, you got your enterprise search engine, but still can’t find what you’re looking for? It’s time to stop your sobbing and learn to play the exciting game of Enterprise Search Optimization (ESO).
Creating JSON-like structures in Python (or any other programming language), can be a cumbersome experience. Consider this snippet from the elasticsearch-py library, taken from the example/query.py file: I would argue that 33 lines for creating the facets above is too much. To save you from the dreaded hassle of writing JSON in your programs, I [...]
First thing first: I really like search as a technology. Not so much because how it helps us today, but how it can help us tomorrow. Especially on the UX front, stuff moves slowly. One of the biggest issues, in my mind, is the empty search box. That’s why I tend to look for solutions [...]
