Use efficient kNN filtering, fix filtering when input value is array of string #16393
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Description
This MR introduces 2 changes.
Update the default approximate search to use kNN with efficient filtering which is available as of opensearch 2.9. The current implementation only supports filtering using script scoring or painless scripting with pre-filtering. This document describes how efficient filtering has advantages over both pre-filtering and post-filtering. Efficient filtering opens the door towards more advanced use cases like supporting pagination more efficiently.
A fix when building a filter for array-to-array based membership when the input array is a list of strings. Similar to how the
equality_postfix
ensures that the input field to search against is correct when input value is text, this fix ensures we also use the correct input field when filtering for an array of strings.Here is an example query built without the fix when input is an array of strings:
With the fix, the rebuilt query looks like this:
NOTE: default behavior is that the OpensearchVectorClient will still initialize with engine=nmslib, and either painless or script scoring method is used for kNN searching when filters are applied.
There are no dependencies added for this change.
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