journey of implementing solr at target: presented by raja ramachandran, target
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Journey of Implementing Solr at Target Raja Ramachandran
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About Target
1,806 stores in the United States 133 stores in Canada Global locations in India and Canada
Source:h+ps://corporate.target.com/about/
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About Target.com
3 years old*
4th most visited website in US retail 334 million visits per quarter
* target.com website has been opera8onal for over 10 yrs
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“Search* handles 65% of traffic and drives nearly a billion dollars in revenue”
* Includes all grid pages – search+browse
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Search - Architecture
Ra8ngs and Reviews
Popularity
Availability
Item
WCS Catalog ITL/Indexing
Business Configura8ons
Search mWeb
Apps
Target.com
Content Sources e-‐Commerce Pla1orm
Search Pla1orm Consumers
IBM
Oracle-‐Endeca
Index
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• More suited to handle our scale of data
• Flexible relevancy control
• Active community
Why Solr?
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• Flexible infrastructure and deployment options
• Ease of signal acquisition and relevancy
• Deliver a delightful experience to
our guests
Guiding Principles
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Test drive
Target.com
Solr
Endeca
WCS Catalog
Same Catalog Extract
• Easy to install and run
• Low moving parts
• Simplified schema
Handling guest traffic in 2 sprints
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Test drive 2 – To the cloud
typeahead
Endeca
Popular Search Terms
WAS
Solr Tomcat
Solr Tomcat
Current Solu8on
Public Cloud
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Trends Sales Loca8on
Avail. Price Catalog
Context
Relevancy in eCommerce is no longer just textual. It is contextual.
Seasons
SOLR
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+ Click Data
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Synchronized designer and product launches Step 1: Create two cores with the same named configset in zookeeper
catalog, catalog_shadow
Step 2: Set Collection Aliases catalog= CATALOG_LIVE catalog_shadow = CATALOG_SHADOW
Step 3: Import into CATALOG_SHADOW, validate, cache warm up scripts Step 4: Temporarily swap collection aliases
catalog_shadow = CATALOG_LIVE catalog = CATALOG_SHADOW
Step 5: Repeat import on CATALOG_SHADOW and validate
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Atomic Updates
Collection Aliases
LIVE/SHADOW Cores
Foundational elements of an eCommerce search platform
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Dynamic Content Spots
View controls
Configurable Facets
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1 HELIX
RULES
CATALOG
Search Target.com
Search Business Command Center
Solr
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• Relevancy
• SEO
• Operations and Monitoring
• Site Preview
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“Solr as an instrument of change”
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