Facets are used for grouping documents based on some criteria, for example specific terms or date range.
A filter facet returns a count of all search results that match a filter. The filter can be an expression, as used with the [Filter method](🔗), so can range from a single criterion to very complex criteria made up of multiple sub criteria.
To request a filter facet, use the `FilterFacet
` method, which has two parameters: name and filter or filter expression. You retrieve the resulting facet from the search results object using a method with the same name but with only a name parameter. The returned object has a single property, `Count
`, which is the number of documents that match the search query and filter.
The following example shows a sample search for all products which requests, and retrieves the value from, two filter facets.