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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/user/search.rst | 18 | ||||
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diff --git a/docs/source/user/search.rst b/docs/source/user/search.rst index 41746a3..d14f37f 100644 --- a/docs/source/user/search.rst +++ b/docs/source/user/search.rst @@ -22,3 +22,21 @@ xapian for details. .. _`Query Parser`: https://getting-started-with-xapian.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/search/queryparser.html +.. _search aliases: + +Search templates and ``search_aliases`` +======================================= + +In some contexts, search queries are rendered as jinja2 templates with +the contents of the ``search_aliases`` property as set in +``settings.yaml``. + +The values of those search aliases should be valid search snippets with +the syntax documented above; it's usually a good idea to wrap them in +parenthesis, so that they are easier to use in complex queries; e.g.:: + + my_alias: '(name:object OR name:thing)' + +can correctly be used in a query like:: + + {{ my_alias }} AND description:shiny diff --git a/docs/source/user/settings.rst b/docs/source/user/settings.rst index 2d3a3fa..ba14e37 100644 --- a/docs/source/user/settings.rst +++ b/docs/source/user/settings.rst @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ It is a yaml file with a dict of properties and their values. a list of field names (possibly prefixed by + or -) that are used by default to sort results of searches in the collection. The fields must be marked as sortable in their definition, see below. +``search_aliases``: + a dict of <name>: <search snippet> which can be used in a query + template. For more details see :ref:`search aliases` ``fields``: The list of fields used by the collection, as described below. |