When using sxa:ItemsWithTheSameValueInField|Fieldname with droplink field it is not filtering in search scope for example when adding in search scope :
sxa:ItemsWithTheSameValueInField|category
where the category is a droplink in the template of the context item, is the syntax above correct or should be added in a different way?
The syntax looks fine.
I will write a few validation steps to help you.
Check your logs to see how Search Queries look like.
For my token configured in a following way:
sxa:ItemsWithTheSameValueInField|Test
I've got the following query:
12996 19:42:15 INFO ExecuteQueryAgainstLucene (sitecore_sxa_web_index): +_latestversion:1 +(+(+_path:0dae33a26f53473e8abdb054d9bf3b75 +searchable:1) +test:de30ff2da089418bb4922855609a3537)
Notice this part:
+test:de30ff2da089418bb4922855609a3537
My context item where I execute the query from:
If your field is not in a query then it means that your context item does not contain this field. If it does and it looks good then move to a next step.
Make sure that your field is stored in the SXA index.
You can find your index against which you fire search queries when you open chrome dev tools:
My field looks like this:
Values in the index must be "comparable" with those from search queries.
If for example, your category field is a computed field, it will not work (normalized raw field value from an item has to be comparable with values in the index).
