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Endeca Basics : Interview Questions and Answers- Part1


Endeca Basics - Interview Questions - Part-1

 1. What is Endeca and why do you use Endeca instead of other search products?
2. What are dimensions and properties? 
3. What is difference between single and multi dimension and how to create?
4. Can same property used for dimension and properties if possible than how?
5. What is Hierarchical Dimension and how can you create?
6. How can you get complete hierarchy of hierarchical dimension using single query?
7. What is Dimension search and is it different from Record search?
8. Which Endeca query Parameters and value gives all Endeca Records from MDEX Engine?
9. is it possible to get Record and Dimension search using single query?
10. What are different Types of Endeca Query Available?
11. is it possible to store some properties inside dimension and how? Where do you use this scenario?
12. What are different types of Dimension available in Endeca?
13. What is difference between Internal and External Dimension and where dimension values gets stored(File)?
14. How to modify the Dimension ID?
15. How to remove some Dimension value(not used) from Endeca Experience manager?
Reply Your Answers to Comment Section. This would help others to understand Endeca Basics. I will consolidate the reply and post the answers. Will post another set of Questions soon.

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uday
Can you share answers for these questions ?
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Ajay AgrawalAUTHOR
was waiting for other to post answers here... are you looking answer for any specific questions?
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KdM
3. What is difference between single and multi dimension and how to create? ? like this ?? < item is-multi="true" property-name="parentCategories" - like this in the PCOC.xml file ?
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Ajay AgrawalAUTHOR
Multi dimension means that end user should be able to select/choose multiple value from same dimensions e.g. color. Single dimensions means one value can be selected from a dimension e.g. category Thanks, Ajay Agrawal
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Anonymous
Where are the answers? i mean any link to answers ?
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Ajay AgrawalAUTHOR
Hi Pooja, I have not written answer in any post as was expecting that reader might answer the questions to have healthy discussions. are you looking answer for any specific questions here? Thanks, Ajay Agrawal

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