You configure the global order for the values of a refinement by
sending this configuration request to the Oracle Endeca Server with the
Configuration Web Service, or by using Integrator.
The
system-navigation_Sorting attribute in the PDR for the
selected attribute controls the global order of values in a refinement. This
attribute can have the following values:
- record-count
sorts refinement values in descending order, by the number of records available
for each refinement. This is the default.
- lexical sorts
refinement values in alphabetical or numeric order. For example, if the end
user in the front-end application chooses the values Red (15 records), Green
(25 records), and Blue (5 records), then if the sorting is lexical, the values
are displayed in this order: Blue (5 records), Green (25 records) Red (15
records).
For information on the Configuration Web Service, see the section in
this guide and the
Oracle Endeca Server API Reference.
For information on how to configure the global order of refinements in
Integrator, see the
Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Integrator Components
Guide.