You can use the collapse (distinct) feature to collapse the result set based on a specified column when the results of a query contain large amounts of data of a specific type. Data of the specific type is displayed only once in the query results to ensure diversity of the result types.

Prerequisites

  • The TableStoreClient is initialized. For more information, see Initialization.
  • A data table is created. Data is written to the table.
  • A search index is created for the data table. For more information, see Create search indexes.

Usage notes

  • If you use the collapse feature, you must implement pagination by specifying offset and limit instead of Token.
  • If you aggregate and collapse a result set at the same time, the result set is aggregated before it is collapsed.
  • If you collapse the query results, the total number of groups of the returned results is determined by the sum of the offset and size values. A maximum of 50,000 groups can be returned.
  • The total number of rows returned in the results indicates the number of returned rows before you use the collapse feature. After the result set is collapsed, you cannot query the total number of the returned groups.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
TableNameThe name of the table.
IndexNameThe name of the search index.
QueryThe query type.
CollapseThe collapse parameter, including FieldName.

FieldName: the name of the column based on which the result set is collapsed. Only columns whose values are of the INTEGER, FLOATING-POINT and KEYWORD data types are supported.

OffsetThe position from which the current query starts.
LimitThe maximum number of rows that the current query returns.

To query only the number of matched rows without the data, you can set Limit to 0. In this case, Tablestore returns the number of matched rows without table data.

Examples

func QueryWithCollapse(client *tablestore.TableStoreClient, tableName string, indexName string) {
    searchRequest := &tablestore.SearchRequest{}
    searchRequest.SetTableName(tableName)       // Specify the name of the table.
    searchRequest.SetIndexName(indexName)       // Specify the name of the search index.

    searchQuery := search.NewSearchQuery()
    searchQuery.SetQuery(&search.MatchQuery{    // Specify the query conditions.
        FieldName:          "user_id",
        Text:               "00002",
    })
    searchQuery.SetCollapse(&search.Collapse{
        FieldName: "product_name",              // Collapse the result set based on the product_name value.

    })
    searchQuery.SetOffset(0)
    searchQuery.SetLimit(100)
    searchRequest.SetColumnsToGet(&tablestore.ColumnsToGet{ReturnAll:true}) // Specify to return all columns.
    searchRequest.SetSearchQuery(searchQuery)

    searchResponse, err := client.Search(searchRequest)   // Start the query.
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Failed to search with error:", err)
        return
    }
    for _, row := range searchResponse.Rows {           // Display the rows returned.
        jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(row)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Println("Row: ", string(jsonBody))
    }
}