I just found a workaround, check out this trick:
<str name="sort">${sort_field:${sort_field}} desc</str>
when the core is loaded, it looks for a system property “sort_field”, doesn’t
find it, and defaults the value to ${sort_field} and voila:
/browse?q=*:*&wt=xml&sort_field=id
Erik
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 1:14 PM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Walter -
>
> Apologies for not trying this sooner first-hand. I’m used to passing in all
> the params (even the dynamic ${…} ones) in the request these days, not so
> much putting them into request handler definitions.
>
> I finally tried it with a default (master/trunk) with modifying the /browse
> handler with this:
>
> <requestHandler name="/browse" class="solr.SearchHandler"
> useParams="query,facets,velocity,browse">
> <lst name="defaults">
> <str name="echoParams">explicit</str>
> <str name="sort">${sort_field} desc</str>
> </lst>
> </requestHandler>
>
> And get this startup error:
>
> Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: No system property or
> default value specified for sort_field value:${sort_field} desc
> at
> org.apache.solr.util.PropertiesUtil.substituteProperty(PropertiesUtil.java:65)
> at org.apache.solr.util.DOMUtil.substituteProperties(DOMUtil.java:303)
>
> *sigh* and sorry for leading you astray. Definitely a Solr bug.
>
> However, this technique does work when everything is in the params:
>
> /select?q=*:*&sort=${sort_field}%20desc&sort_field=id
>
> @Yonik or others - is this a known/filed issue? Workarounds or escaping
> that could make it work?
>
> Erik
>
>
>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 10:39 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote:
>>
>> No, I tried that before adding the default.
>>
>> But the solrconfig.xml is rejected before there is a request, so this is not
>> about requests. I did try “scores” in the requests, but of course it didn’t
>> work because the solrconfig.xml was not loaded. I did not turn off parameter
>> substitutions. This is a pretty vanilla solrconfig.xml.
>>
>> wunder
>> Walter Underwood
>> wun...@wunderwood.org
>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> `scores` (plural), you’ve got this below: <str name="scores"></str>
>>>
>>> Remove that, and like my previous e-mail, and use `scores` (plural) from
>>> the request and _should_ work?
>>>
>>> Erik
>>>
>>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:42 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I’ve passed in a score parameter, but the solrconfig.xml is rejected
>>>> before any requests.
>>>>
>>>> Pretty ready to give up. The documentation around function queries and
>>>> params is not working for me, though I’ve been using Solr for ten years. I
>>>> have figured out a lot of systems. This is impenetrable.
>>>>
>>>> wunder
>>>> Walter Underwood
>>>> wun...@wunderwood.org
>>>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You have an empty “scores” parameter in there. You’re not showing your
>>>>> full search request, but did you provide that in the request? Have you
>>>>> perhaps turned off parameter substitutions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Erik
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:26 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this in the config…
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <requestHandler name="/display_tutor_rank" class="solr.SearchHandler">
>>>>>> <!-- Note! Needs FuzzyDismax handler! -->
>>>>>> <lst name="defaults">
>>>>>> <str name="defType">edismax</str>
>>>>>> <str name="mm">0</str>
>>>>>> <bool name="lowercaseOperators">false</bool>
>>>>>> <str name="fl">id,
>>>>>> image_thumb_large, image_thumb_medium, image_thumb_small,
>>>>>> image_thumb_xlarge, uri, user_id, last_name, first_name,
>>>>>> name, school, major, graduation_year, tutor_profile_id,
>>>>>> positive_reviews, negative_reviews, gender, about_experience,
>>>>>> about_extracurricular, time_approved</str>
>>>>>> <str name="q.alt">*:*</str>
>>>>>> <str name="qf">about_experience about_extracurricular School
>>>>>> Major</str>
>>>>>> <str name="scores"></str>
>>>>>> <str
>>>>>> name="sort">sum(interaction_responsiveness_score,profile_completeness_score,school_score,us_tax_id_score,highlight_score,${scores})
>>>>>> desc</str>
>>>>>> <str name="boost">log(sum(1,max(positive_reviews,0)))</str>
>>>>>> <str name="tie">0.1</str>
>>>>>> </lst>
>>>>>> </requestHandler>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see this… [Solr 6.3.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Unable to reload core
>>>>>> [tutors_shard1_replica11]
>>>>>> at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.reload(CoreContainer.java:950)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.lambda$getConfListener$6(SolrCore.java:2708)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.cloud.ZkController.lambda$fireEventListeners$4(ZkController.java:2448)
>>>>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
>>>>>> Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Could not load conf for
>>>>>> core tutors_shard1_replica11: Error loading solr config from
>>>>>> solrconfig.xml
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.core.ConfigSetService.getConfig(ConfigSetService.java:85)
>>>>>> at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.reload(CoreContainer.java:942)
>>>>>> ... 3 more
>>>>>> Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error loading solr
>>>>>> config from solrconfig.xml
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig.readFromResourceLoader(SolrConfig.java:187)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.core.ConfigSetService.createSolrConfig(ConfigSetService.java:97)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.core.ConfigSetService.getConfig(ConfigSetService.java:77)
>>>>>> ... 4 more
>>>>>> Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: No system property or
>>>>>> default value specified for scores
>>>>>> value:sum(interaction_responsiveness_score,profile_completeness_score,school_score,us_tax_id_score,highlight_score,${scores})
>>>>>> desc
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.solr.util.PropertiesUtil.substituteProperty(PropertiesUtil.java:65)
>>>>>> at org.apache.solr.util.DOMUtil.substituteProperties(DOMUtil.java:298)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wunder
>>>>>> Walter Underwood
>>>>>> wun...@wunderwood.org
>>>>>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Walter -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How about this, for the latter part of your request:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /handler?features=a,b,c
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> with &sort=sum(${features}) desc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That ought to do the trick. At first I thought the #foreach nature of
>>>>>>> the list of features was prohibitive, but since you’re literally
>>>>>>> plugging in the exact string value and it’s used as a comma-separated
>>>>>>> list then this should work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But with the just a list of subject ID’s I think you’re in custom
>>>>>>> development now (or a JavaScript stage in a Fusion query pipeline ;) in
>>>>>>> building a SearchComponent that takes a `features` parameter and builds
>>>>>>> the sort param as needed from that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Erik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Feb 27, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have documents with parameterized features. For a school subject
>>>>>>>> (calculus, accounting), we have three sets of features. So for
>>>>>>>> subject=4 and subject=186, we have:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> feature_a_4: 0.9
>>>>>>>> feature_b_4: 1.6
>>>>>>>> feature_c_4: 8.2
>>>>>>>> feature_a_186: 3.0
>>>>>>>> feature_b_186: 2.1
>>>>>>>> feature_c_186: 99.2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I’d like to pass in the subject IDs and make a function query (for
>>>>>>>> sorting) from those, ending up with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sum(feature_x, feature_y, feature_a_4, feature_b_4, feature_c_4,
>>>>>>>> feature_a_186, feature_b_186, feature c_186) desc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That would be used for the sort parameter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Failing that, it would be nice so just pass in the parameterized
>>>>>>>> portion, like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /handler?features=feature_a_4,feature_b_4,feature_c_4,feature_a_186,feature_b_186,feature
>>>>>>>> c_186
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Right now, I can’t even make a solrconfig.xml that will load. I’ve
>>>>>>>> read everything I can find on params and function queries.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wunder
>>>>>>>> Walter Underwood
>>>>>>>> wun...@wunderwood.org
>>>>>>>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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