weaviate/weaviate · error

property '%s': `indexRangeFilters` is not allowed for other

Error message

property '%s': `indexRangeFilters` is not allowed for other than number/int/date data types

What it means

Validator validateNestedPropertyIndexRangeFilters: indexRangeFilters=true was requested for a type other than number/int/date. Range filtering via numeric index is only meaningful on orderable numeric/date types.

Source

Thrown at usecases/schema/validation.go:207

	_ map[string][]string,
) error {
	propName := propNamePrefix + "." + property.Name

	// at this point indexRangeFilters should be set (either by user or by defaults)
	if property.IndexRangeFilters == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("property '%s': `indexRangeFilters` not set", propName)
	}

	if isPrimitive {
		switch primitiveDataType {
		case schema.DataTypeNumber, schema.DataTypeInt, schema.DataTypeDate:
			return nil
		default:
			// do nothing
		}
	}
	if *property.IndexRangeFilters {
		return fmt.Errorf("property '%s': `indexRangeFilters` is not allowed for other than number/int/date data types",
			propName)
	}

	return nil
}

// validateNestedPropertyProcessing validates TextAnalyzerConfig on nested properties,
// analogous to validatePropertyProcessing for top-level properties.
func validateNestedPropertyProcessing(property *models.NestedProperty,
	primitiveDataType, _ schema.DataType,
	isPrimitive, _ bool, propNamePrefix string,
	userPresets map[string][]string,
) error {
	propName := propNamePrefix + "." + property.Name

	// Normalize empty config to nil.
	if property.TextAnalyzer != nil && !property.TextAnalyzer.ASCIIFold && len(property.TextAnalyzer.ASCIIFoldIgnore) == 0 && property.TextAnalyzer.StopwordPreset == "" {
		property.TextAnalyzer = nil

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Solutions

1. Set indexRangeFilters=false for non numeric/date nested properties
2. Use number, int, or date dataType if range filters are required

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at usecases/schema/validation.go:207 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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