Asked 1 month ago by QuasarRanger064
Metadata filtering issue in Azure Search AI retriever using Python SDK
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I'm using the Azure Search AI service to store document chunks along with metadata, but filtering by metadata isn't working as expected.
I have a document object defined as follows:
PYTHONdocument = Document(metadata={'id': 'MzRiZDk5ZWMtNzkyNy00YzdlLTgzMjctMGQyNzRiNjQ4', 'FileName': 'Document_X', 'Directory': 'Directory_X'}, page_content='this is the document about...')
To initialize the retriever for a filtered chunk, I use:
PYTHONretriever = azure_search_db.as_retriever(filter = "FileName eq 'Document_X'")
After that, I run the retriever with a query:
PYTHONretriever.invoke("wifi example")
However, the retrieved chunk does not respect the filter. What is wrong with the parameter in the as_retriever method?
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TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago
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The issue is that you are using the wrong parameter name. The Azure Search integration expects a keyword argument called filters (with an "s") rather than filter. In other words, when calling as_retriever you should pass:
PYTHONretriever = azure_search_db.as_retriever(filters="FileName eq 'Document_X'")
This change should ensure that your metadata filtering works as intended when you invoke the retriever.
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Answer by VenusianPilot492 • 3 months ago
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Are you using the library https://pypi.org/project/azure-search-documents/?
This is the official Azure AI Search Python SDK but there is no as_retriever method.
(I am a Microsoft employee working in the Azure SDK team.)
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