# Newb Question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-question/3615>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-question/3615 "2010-12-01T21:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jamster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jamster/32/3299_2.png) [@jamster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamster)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-question/3615/1 "2010-12-01T21:03:23Z")

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Hi All,

Although I have been playing around with ES for a few months, I haven't  
gotten too deep into some of the Lucenesqe customizations, as it's mostly  
been good out of the box. But, I think one thing I am confused on is what a  
Facet is. Sorry for such a generic question, but figured i'd put it out  
there anyway.

Thanks,  
Jason

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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-question/3615/2 "2010-12-01T21:13:37Z")

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Hi,

you mean how it is implemented in ES or what faceted search is about?

If the later then I think it is quite clearly explained in  
[http://www.elasticsearch.com/docs/elasticsearch/rest\_api/search/facets/](http://www.elasticsearch.com/docs/elasticsearch/rest_api/search/facets/). If  
you are after more general (less ES specific) explanation you can try  
wikipedia [Faceted search - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search)

You mentioned that you had been experimenting with ES for few months, did  
you run any faceted queries too? And the results are confusing you?

Lukas

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jay Amster [jayamster@gmail.com](mailto:jayamster@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Although I have been playing around with ES for a few months, I haven't  
> gotten too deep into some of the Lucenesqe customizations, as it's mostly  
> been good out of the box. But, I think one thing I am confused on is what a  
> Facet is. Sorry for such a generic question, but figured i'd put it out  
> there anyway.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Jason

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-question/3615/3 "2017-07-06T04:15:57Z")

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