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title: "Faceting"
slug: "facets"
updated: 2021-10-14T22:57:03Z
published: 2021-10-14T22:57:03Z
canonical: "docs.imat.io/facets"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.imat.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Faceting

Facets are organized perspectives of data. It is a way to count and display how the results of a query distribute into subsets. Faceting makes it easy for users to “drill down” into more and more specific results, discovering patterns as they go.

[Overview](/faceting-overview) The background of facets, facet queries, and basic configuration

[Dates](/faceting-dates) Detailed syntax on date faceting

[Drill Down](/docs/faceting-drill-down) Narrowing the scope of the query

[Numbers](/docs/faceting-numbers) Detailed syntax on number faceting

[Syntax](/docs/faceting-syntax) Query syntax needed to write all facets