Search using the Solr Admin

Using Solr Admin, you have several choices of how to search the database.

To search the database, you have several choices:

Run CQL queries in cqlsh or an application.
Run Solr HTTP API queries in an application, a browser, or on the command line using the curl utility.
Use the Solr Admin query form.

If you are new to Solr, using the query form has some advantages. The form contains text entry boxes for constructing a query and can provide query debugging information.

Procedure

After generating resources, get started searching the nhanes database by following these steps:

In the Solr Admin, click Query.
A query form appears.

Notice that the form has a number of query defaults set up, including the select URL in Request-Handler (qt) and *:* in the main query parameter entry box--q.
Select xml from the wt drop down.
Output will appear in XML format.
Scroll down the form and click Execute Query.
The defaults select all the fields in all the documents, starting with row 0 and ending at row 10. The output looks something like this: