Hi David,

I think this might just be a little bit confusing for my users, because 
the A, B, and D are really flat with each other. It is more intuitive 
for them if we have:

  First column                     Second column

 A (47) checked      B (10)
 B (28)              D (7)
 C (17)
 D (18)

But if this layout is publicly available, I can give it a go and see what 
feedback I can get from my users.

By the way, this actually brought up another functionality desired by 
me: using a taxonomy tree in a facet. I am thinking about having a facet 
that have

+ A (47)
+ B (28)
+ C (17)
+ D (18)

and then the following, after you expand the + besides A (with A1, A2, 
and A3 as children of A):

+ A (47)
  + A1 (20)
  + A2 (15)
  + A3 (12)
+ B (28)
+ C (17)
+ D (18)

I didn't find support of this in the maillist, and not sure whether this 
is widely expected by other users.

Thanks,

Jun

> Then when you select A, it becomes something like this
>
>     A (47) checked
>        B (10)
>        D (7)
>     B (28)
>     C (17)
>     D (18)
>
> I wonder if this is intuitive enough. What do you think we should name 
> this kind of facet?
>
> David
>
> Jun Zhao wrote:
>   
>> Hi David,
>>
>> No, I am not sure about this. If I have an item I1, and has two 
>> properties Px, Py, where Py is a copy of Px but with a different name, 
>> then I should have:
>>
>> I1   Px   A
>> I1   Py   A
>> I1   Px   B
>> I1   Py   B
>>
>> When I select Px=A for I1,  then in the facet of Py, I should still see 
>> the value of B AND A, because item I1's property Py has the values of A 
>> and B. But in facet Py, I don't want to show the "A" to the users, but 
>> only the "B", to help them to continue to filter their records.
>>
>> That's my understanding about how the facet browsing works in Exhibit. 
>> Please correct me if I am wrong or I misinterpreted what you meant as 
>> making a copy of the property
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jun
>>
>> David Karger wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Well, if you want to carry the hack further, make a copy of the property 
>>> and give it a different name. Then create a facet on the copied 
>>> property.  Since it is a different facet it will get filtered against 
>>> the first.
>>>
>>> Jun Zhao wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your prompt answer.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried this. However, this gets confusing if users want to 
>>>> construct an AND in two steps. The second facet will not get filtered 
>>>> when you make a selection in the first facet, because they are copies of 
>>>> one another.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jun
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Karger wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> One hack that seems to work is to create two copies of the same 
>>>>> facet---then you get a conjunction of what is selected within each.  
>>>>> This isn't as elegant as AND over a single facet, but it is more 
>>>>> powerful because you can AND two separate "ORs", as in selecting color 
>>>>> "red or green" AND "blue or yellow".
>>>>>
>>>>> Jun Zhao wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hello there,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now in Exhibit if I select multiple conditions in one facet, I will get 
>>>>>> everything that satisfies any of the filtering conditions. I am 
>>>>>> wondering whether there is anyway I can make these multiple conditions 
>>>>>> conjunctive, to get me everything that needs to satisfy all the 
>>>>>> filtering conditions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jun
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