SDK API, Issue of Default sort by object id instead sort by facet display : count

[suraz37]

Algolia APP ID : T3TPSRKPQT. [UAT] algolia sdk function search

readonly search:

<TObject>(queries: readonly MultipleQueriesQuery[], requestOptions?: RequestOptions & MultipleQueriesOptions) => Readonly<Promise<MultipleQueriesResponse<TObject>>>
[
    {
        "params": {
            "facets": [
                "*"
            ],
            "facetFilters": [],
            "query": "adidas",
            "hitsPerPage": 10,
            "maxValuesPerFacet": 20,
            "clickAnalytics": true,
            "page": 1
        },
        "indexName": "uat_mdc_cds_th_products"
    }
]

in response we have params

 "params": "facets=%5B%22*%22%5D&facetFilters=%5B%5D&query=adidas&hitsPerPage=10&maxValuesPerFacet=20&clickAnalytics=true&page=1&facetFilters=%5B%22brand_name_tokenized%3Aadidas%22%5D",
            "index": "uat_mdc_cds_th_products",

and i just get the response to call direct algolia

url: https://t3tpsrkpqt-dsn.algolia.net/1/indexes/*/queries call direct

{
    "requests": [
        {
            "indexName": "uat_mdc_cds_th_products",
            "params": "facets=%5B%22*%22%5D&facetFilters=%5B%5D&query=adidas&hitsPerPage=10&maxValuesPerFacet=20&clickAnalytics=true&page=1&facetFilters=%5B%22brand_name_tokenized%3Aadidas%22%5D"
        }
    ]
}

but response it different, [ ON SDK, Default sort by object id instead from facet display : count]

Example of response :

From SDK response : correct sort by count

 "category_ids": {
14          "3052": 332,
15          "3053": 982,
16          "3054": 264,
17          "3062": 1318,
18          "3565": 180,
19          "4040": 425,
20          "4041": 207,
21          "4047": 197,
22          "4062": 300,
23          "5634": 631,
24          "5957": 359,
25          "5958": 336,
26          "5965": 177,
27          "21614": 721,
28          "25594": 387,
29          "26686": 167,
30          "1838140": 395,
31          "2782732": 171,
32          "3131223": 568,
33          "3132225": 568
34        },

from post main : correct sort by count

"category_ids": {
17          "3062": 1318,
18          "3053": 982,
19          "21614": 721,
20          "5634": 631,
21          "3131223": 568,
22          "3132225": 568,
23          "4040": 425,
24          "1838140": 395,
25          "25594": 387,
26          "5957": 359,
27          "5958": 336,
28          "3052": 332,
29          "4062": 300,
30          "3054": 264,
31          "4041": 207,
32          "4047": 197,
33          "3565": 180,
34          "5965": 177,
35          "2782732": 171,
36          "26686": 167

Expected Result :

From SDK response : should sort by count

[Haroenv]

Facet display is used to sort the facet values again on the frontend, it doesn't affect how the facets get returned by the engine, as an object doesn't technically have an ordering. You can use sortFacetValuesBy to control the ordering of items in the facets object before they're displayed.

Our InstantSearch and algoliasearch-helper libraries do this sorting based on facet ordering out of the box

[suraz37]

we need to handle sort of facet values from facet display setting on Algolia so we couldn't use function to control the ordering .

Currently SKU doesn't return data ordering as set on config Facet Ordering .

[Haroenv]

As said, facet ordering has no impact on the facets result. It gets returned in the response and is intended to sort those values in the frontend. You can see more info here: https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/building-search-ui/ui-and-ux-patterns/facet-display/react/#building-the-ui-without-instantsearch