[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 59, Issue 39

[Melissa Lowenberg]

Hi Kathy,
I've noticed oddities as well with the searching. Yesterday, scenario 1 occurred just before I read your message. We're a member of Sitka and running 2.0.

Hopefully, someone can explain what's happening with your scenarios to the list.
Melissa

 
Melissa Lowenberg, Supervisor of Support Services 
 
Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System
#300-465 Victoria Street
Kamloops, BC, V2C 2A9
 
Tel. 250-374-8866
Fax 250-374-8355
 
Please consider the environment before printing this message.

 
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
> Kathy Lussier
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:02 PM
> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Inconsistent search results
> 
>  
> 
>  Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> We have noticed some interesting behavior with search results. This may be
> a little difficult to explain, but I'm wondering if any of these issues
> are bugs that can be fixed or if the behavior is there by design. If it's
> by design, I would be interested in getting further explanation on what is
> happening behind the scenes.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm looking at a 2.1 system, but I've noticed this behavior in other 2.0
> catalogs as well.
> 
>  
> 
> 1. If I conduct a search for solar system from the advanced search screen,
> limit the search to my branch, and then apply a search filter for books
> and non-fiction, I get 53 search results. In the search bar along the top
> of the screen, the branch limiter has been carried over, but the format is
> set to all formats. If the patron then clicks to limit the search to
> available items or chooses to sort the results by publication date, it
> looks like the system is executing the search using the parameters
> contained in that search bar. Since the non-fiction and book limiters were
> not carried over to the search bar, these limiters are no longer part of
> the search. Therefore, if a user chooses to simply change the sort on
> those results, they are suddenly dealing with 73 results that include
> non-print and fiction material.
> 
>  
> 
> 2. Doing the same search that I conducted in the above example, I see from
> my facet list that there are 14 titles with the geographic subject of
> "solar system." If I click on that facet, once again, the system appears
> to be executing the search using parameters contained in the search bar.
> The resulting list has 18 titles instead of the 14 titles that I was
> expecting. These new results contain non-print and fiction material.
> 
>  
> 
> 3. After limiting my search with a facet, I then click on the advanced
> search button to conduct a new search. I notice that ft=
> subject|geographic[Solar system] has carried over to the URL for this
> page. I click the Reset Form button and then do a search for dogs. In this
> case, I get no search results because the solar system geographic subject
> facet has carried over to this search. (This library must not have any
> books on dogs living in outer space.) There is no indication letting the
> user know the solar system facet has been applied to this search. So, in
> the first two examples, I'm in a situation where I want search limiters to
> stick, but they are not sticking. In this case, I have a limiter that just
> won't go away. There are only two ways I've found to get the facet to
> unstick: either by conducting a new search from the basic search page or
> by removing the parameters from the URL.
> 
>  
> 
> 4. Even when I'm not applying a limiter to my search, I sometimes get an
> inconsistent number of search results depending on the way the list is
> sorted. This inconsistency is most likely to happen with a larger result
> set. If I do a search for solar system from the basic search of our demo
> system, I get 69  results -
> http://egdemo.mvlcstaff.org/opac/en-US/skin/klussier/xml/rresult.xml?rt=ke
> yword
> <http://egdemo.mvlcstaff.org/opac/en-US/skin/klussier/xml/rresult.xml?rt=k
> eyword&tp=keyword&t=solar%20system&ft=&l=4&d=2&f>
> &tp=keyword&t=solar%20system&ft=&l=4&d=2&f=. The result set then ranges
> anywhere from 67 to 72 depending on which sort option I select. Sorting by
> title A to Z gives me 70 results and sorting by title Z to A gives me 67
> results.
> 
>  
> 
> Any thoughts on on this?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kathy Lussier
> 
>  
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Kathy Lussier
> 
> Project Coordinator
> 
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> 
> (508) 756-0172
> 
> (508) 755-3721 (fax)
> 
> klussier at masslnc.org
> 
> IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo)
> 
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> 
>  
>