Exclude Children of Nodes Under Restricted Paths

Use this Velocity snippet in a Search Facets Solr query when you want to exclude all child nodes that live below one or more restricted paths.

The script reads the configured pathRestriction values from a search node, finds the matching root nodes, and then emits a -path: clause for every child node below them. That keeps the query aligned with the configured restrictions instead of hard-coding paths in the facet definition.

info

This is useful when restricted paths can change over time and you want the search facet logic to follow the configuration automatically.

Velocity

#set ($sitevisionUtils = $request.getAttribute('sitevision.utils'))
#set ($propertyUtil = $sitevisionUtils.propertyUtil)
#set ($resourceLocatorUtil = $sitevisionUtils.resourceLocatorUtil)

#set ($searchNode = $resourceLocatorUtil.getNodeByIdentifier('12.40cb954019e48bbbb64e8a2'))
#set ($pathRestrictions = $propertyUtil.getStrings($searchNode, 'pathRestriction'))

#foreach ($path in $pathRestrictions)
    #set ($restrictedNode = $resourceLocatorUtil.getNodeByIdentifier($path))
    #set ($topLevelNodes = $restrictedNode.getNodes())

    #foreach ($topLevelNode in $topLevelNodes)
        #set ($childNodes = $topLevelNode.getNodes())

        #foreach ($childNode in $childNodes)
            -path:$childNode.getIdentifier()
        #end
    #end
#end

How It Works

1. The search node is loaded by identifier.
2. The pathRestriction property is read from that node.
3. Each restricted path is resolved to a node.
4. The script walks down two levels and prints a -path: exclusion for every child node it finds.

Notes

• Replace the sample node identifier with the identifier of your Search Facets configuration node.
• If your content tree is deeper or shallower, adjust the nested loops to match your structure.
• The generated -path: clauses can be copied into the Solr query used by the Search Facets module.