>What could possibly be a use case for such a need? > I would love to see such a feature.
I have a multi core solr setup with each core having utterly different content. Each core has its own "custom search app" that exploits nuances specific to a particular data set. The fieldnames are chosen as best fits a particular data set. However I would also like to have one of two general search features that span all cores. This is a crude, one size fits all, type of search:- One core has fields:- author title text Another has sender subject message Another has placename description I either need to rename all fields within some of the "custom search apps" to account for the needs of the global search or perform lots of copyFields, or construct really nasty queries. I currently use the copyFields approach. I think aliases would allow for far more efficient indexes and clear code. Regards Fergus. >Cheers >Avlesh > >2009/8/18 Licinio Fernández Maurelo <licinio.fernan...@gmail.com> > >> Hello everybody, >> >> can i set an alias for a field? Something like : >> >> <field name="sourceDate" type="uniqueIdType" indexed="true" >> stored="true" multiValued="false" termVectors="false" >> alias="source.date"/> >> >> is there any jira issue related? >> >> Thx >> >> -- >> Lici >> -- =============================================================== Fergus McMenemie Email:fer...@twig.me.uk Techmore Ltd Phone:(UK) 07721 376021 Unix/Mac/Intranets Analyst Programmer ===============================================================