Hello.
We're currently designing a faceted search / guided search with some
very specific challanges:
- We have a big collection of filters and we can only show a few at
the time (the most valueable / common)
- The filters affect the other filters
- The filters get's 'picked' - goes away - and then replaced by
another filter.
- Some filters are dependent on other filters and cannot be picked
before you pick the 'parent'
- Filters get's picked automatically if there's only one choice left
anyway
- You can always cancel a pick and then it will come back as a filter
choice
The database is huge and very varied. We're not talking one kind of
content such as digital cameras. It still make sense though to use
faceted search. I wish I could tell you exactly what content it is.
You just have to trust me that it makes sense ;)
We're currently thinking you need to make one big pick. Structure the
filters on at least two levels so they're not all on the same. That
would make things much easier. But we are still open to the suggested
design until proven otherwise.
Have anyone of you seen an example of what is described here? I know I
haven't..
Much appreciated.
Johan Sjöstrand
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