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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Solr Error when searching for Users or Organizations

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Issue

  • When I perform a search for Users or Organizations, I see a blank screen and an error like the following in the logs:
2021-01-29 00:15:48.429 WARN  [http-nio-8080-exec-5][ProxyMessageListener:86] 
com.liferay.portal.kernel.search.SearchException: Error from server at 
http://localhost:8983/solr: org.apache.solr.search.SyntaxError:  Cannot parse 
'groupId:-1 OR groupId:0 ': Encountered " "-" "- "" at line 1, column 8._
Was expecting one of:_ <BAREOPER> ..._    "(" ..._    "*" ..._    <QUOTED> ..._   
 <TERM> ..._    <PREFIXTERM> ..._    <WILDTERM> ..._    <REGEXPTERM> ..._    
"[" ..._    "{" ..._    <LPARAMS> ..._    "filter(" ..._    <NUMBER> ..._     [Sanitized]
2021-01-29 00:15:48.429 WARN  [http-nio-8080-exec-5][ProxyMessageListener:86] 
com.liferay.portal.kernel.search.SearchException: Error from server at 
http://localhost:8983/solr: org.apache.solr.search.SyntaxError: Cannot parse 
'groupId:-1 OR groupId:0 ': Encountered " "-" "- "" at line 1, column 8._
Was expecting one of:_    <BAREOPER> ..._    "(" ..._    "*" ..._    <QUOTED> ..._    
<TERM> ..._    <PREFIXTERM> ..._    <WILDTERM> ..._    <REGEXPTERM> ..._    
"[" ..._    "{" ..._    <LPARAMS> ..._    "filter(" ..._    <NUMBER> ..._    
 [Sanitized]com.liferay.portal.kernel.search.SearchException: 
Error from server at http://localhost:8983/solr: org.apache.solr.search.SyntaxError: 
Cannot parse 'groupId:-1 OR groupId:0 ': Encountered " "-" "- "" at line 1, 
column 8._Was expecting one of:_    <BAREOPER> ..._    "(" ..._    "*" ..._    
<QUOTED> ..._    <TERM> ..._    <PREFIXTERM> ..._    <WILDTERM> ..._    
<REGEXPTERM> ..._    "[" ..._    "{" ..._    <LPARAMS> ..._    "filter(" ..._    
<NUMBER> ..._     [Sanitized] at

Environment

  • Liferay DXP connected to Solr 7

Resolution

  • This behavior has been reported and addressed in LPS-123318. Please create a new Help Center Ticket to request a patched Liferay Connector to Solr 7.
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