From: Galen Charlton Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:18:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: LP#1505286: add release notes X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9cf7350c02df1f4a2c213942edb62d89b468a568;p=evergreen%2Fequinox.git LP#1505286: add release notes Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton Signed-off-by: Ben Shum --- diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/Limit_number_of_facets_retrieved.txt b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/Limit_number_of_facets_retrieved.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bd0c7ea13f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/Limit_number_of_facets_retrieved.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Limit number of facets retrieved during search +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Catalog search now sets a limit on the number of facets retrieved +per defined facet field. Setting a limit is useful so that +`open-ils.cstore backends don't end up needlessly consuming +memory when fetching facets for a large result set; if a broad +search retrieves over 10,000 author facets (say), even the most +persistant user is not going to actually look at all of them. Fetching +fewer facets can also slightly speed up generation of search results. + +The limit is controlled by a new global flag, `search.max_facets_per_field`, +whose label is "Search: maximum number of facet values to retrieve for +each facet field". The default limit value is 1,000, but lower values +(e.g., 100) are perhaps even better for most catalogs.