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title: "Filtering search results with facets"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Enhance your site's search functionality with Apache Solr's powerful faceted filtering. Learn how to implement and customize search facets to help users refine results and find content more efficiently."
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This document contains information about filtering search results with facets with the Apache Solr Search module.

Note

The [Apache Solr Search](https://drupal.org/project/apachesolr) module and related hooks are only available for Drupal 7.

The real power of the Apache Solr search technology comes into play when users only have a broad idea of what they are looking for when starting a search.

**Search facets**, also known as filters, are a part of the Solr search technology powering Acquia Search. They allow users to refine or sort their search result set. Users can begin with a general search and narrow down the result set as they understand better what content is available on your site.

Once a user has started a search by entering one or more search terms and clicking **Search**, the results page can feature a number of blocks that show filters, sorting links, the current search, and more. For example:

![Search filter by site](https://acquia.widen.net/content/u6rbergu0g/jpeg/search_filter-by-site.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=soxprt) ![Search filter by tag](https://acquia.widen.net/content/i7fai1lr5d/jpeg/search_filter-by-tag.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=soxprt) ![Search filter by content type](https://acquia.widen.net/content/jay7pjez1m/jpeg/search_filter-by-content-type.jpeg?position=c&color=ffffffff&quality=80&u=soxprt)

To learn more about search facets, read:

*   [How search facets work](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/acquia-search/managing/relevant-results/facets/examples)
*   [Configuring search facets](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/acquia-search/managing/relevant-results/facets/configure)