Granular Filterable attribute settings

[curquiza]

Motivation

Let the user customize their relevancy to improve their indexing speed

Usage

https://meilisearch.notion.site/API-usage-Settings-to-opt-out-indexing-features-filterableAttributes-1764b06b651f80aba8bdf359b2df3ca8?pvs=74

TODO

Reminders when modifying the Setting API

• Ensure the new setting route is at least tested by the test_setting_routes macro
• Ensure Analytics are fully implemented
  • /settings/my-new-setting configurated in the make_setting_routes macro
  • global /settings route configurated in the update_all function
• Ensure the dump serializing is consistent with the /settings route serializing, e.g., enums case can be different (camelCase in route and PascalCase in the dump)

Special cases when adding a setting for an experimental feature

• ⚠️ API stability: The setting does not appear on the main settings route when the feature has never been enabled (e.g. mark it Unset when returned from the index in this situation. See an example)
• The setting cannot be set when the feature is disabled, either by the main settings route or the subroute (see validate_settings function)
• If possible, the setting is reset when the feature is disabled (hard if it requires reindexing)

Impacted teams

@meilisearch/docs-team @meilisearch/integration-team @meilisearch/cloud-team

[Kerollmops]

Hello, (few) people following this issue 👋

We postponed this feature because it was more complex and intricate than expected. We will release it in v1.14 so we can take more time to polish it, fix the potential bugs (due to its complexity), and validate the API design. The feature touches many parts of the indexing process and on the search side, too.

Have a nice day and see you in v1.14 🚁