facet_type_tray

Integrates the Type Tray content type organizer with the Facets module, so that content type categories defined in Type Tray can be used as a hierarchical facet in Search API views.

Requirements

• Search API
• Facets
• Type Tray

Content types must have a Type Tray category assigned for them to appear grouped in the facet. Types without a category are indexed under their own machine name.

How it works

The module provides three plugins:

• Search API processor: Type Tray (type_tray): Indexes each node with its Type Tray category as a separate field. Both the category key (parent level, e.g. resources) and a compound category.bundle value (child level, e.g. resources.page) are stored, enabling two-level hierarchy in the facet widget.
• Facets build processor: Type Tray - Merge node types (type_tray): Resolves the indexed category and compound values back to human-readable labels for display in the facet widget.
• Facets sort processor: Sort by Type Tray categories (type_tray_category): Orders facet results according to the category order defined in the Type Tray configuration.

Setup

1. Add the Type Tray Search API processor to your search index under Configuration > Search API > [your index] > Processors, then re-index.
2. Add a facet for the new Type Tray category field on your Search API view.
3. On the facet, enable the Type Tray: Merge node types build processor and optionally the Sort by Type Tray categories sort processor.
4. To get the two-level category/bundle hierarchy, also enable the Type Tray hierarchy plugin on the facet and choose a widget that supports hierarchy (e.g. the core checkbox widget with the hierarchy option enabled).