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Distinct filter on SearchQuerySet

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Description

Use-case:

I have a series of organizations and one organization can have multiple offices.
My query is so that the current user has a location and I show the offices ordered by distance.

What I would like is to only show the nearest office, not all. This would be easy in normal django query with distinct, but is not implemented in haystack?

I can not apply distinct on my searchindex, because the users have different locations.

Also, if I use the organizations and calculate distance on the fly, I lose the dwithin filtering possibilities with haystack.

Any suggestions appreciated!

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Research direction

Start with SearchQuerySet and its existing dwithin filtering behavior, then compare the requested distinct semantics with normal Django queries. Clarify whether the intended result is the nearest office per organization and which search backends must support it before defining tests for the behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
django, python
Domain
backend, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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