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diff --git a/issues/search-results-not-quite-as-expected.gmi b/issues/search-results-not-quite-as-expected.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32d432a --- /dev/null +++ b/issues/search-results-not-quite-as-expected.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# Xapian Search Results not Quite as Expected + +## Tags + +* type: bug +* assigned: arun, fredm +* priority: medium +* +* + +## Description + +The following is a list of failing examples of search, with notes on what I expected. + +### Querying by Name + +=> https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=name%3ABXD_24417 with `name:BXD_24417` +=> https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+BXD_24417 with `BXD_24417` +=> https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+24417 with `24417` + +To verify that the trait exists, here is +=> https://genenetwork.org/show_trait?trait_id=24417&dataset=BXDPublish the trait page + +That also means we cannot do an inverse search, where we say something like +``` +species:mouse NOT BXD_24417 +``` + +Here is +=>https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork3/blob/98e9726405df3cce81356534335259a446b0c458/scripts/index-genenetwork#L215-L216 some related code +relating to the indexing of the data for search. + +### `NOT` Operator not Working Right + +=>https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+author%3Ahager+NOT+%22BXD+Published%22 Searching by dataset name +works as expected, but should you want to, say, filter out one of the authors, with something like +=>https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+author%3Ahager+NOT+%28%22BXD+Published%22+AND+author%3A%22Lu+L%22%29 this search, +you do not get the expected results. + +Changing the search to +=>http://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+author%3Ahager+AND+%28NOT+author%3A%22Lu+L%22%29+AND+%28NOT+%22BXD+Published%22%29 more clearly bracketed queries +leads to an outright exception: This should probably be handled. + +=>https://genenetwork.org/gsearch?type=phenotype&terms=species%3Amouse+AND+author%3Ahager+AND+NOT+author%3A%22Lu+L%22 Here is another example +of the `NOT` operator acting a little weird: note that phenotypes with "Lu L" as an author still show up. |