$name is getting indexed

Question

We are on Sitecore 10.1 and Solr 8.4. We are using Filter (Checklist) component and found out $name is showing on the page.

Upon checking the Solr, the $name is getting indexed as well.

This is the Solr index configuration.

<fieldNames hint="raw:AddFieldByFieldName">
    <field fieldName="contenttype" returnType="stringCollection" />
</fieldNames>

I tried to delete all the index files and re-indexed everything several times but $name is still getting indexed.

How can I stop $name getting indexed?

Answer 1

$name is a token that replaces by item name when we create item in the content tree. But sometimes accidentally or because of some issue during item creation,it doesn't change to the item name and remains as $name in the field. When you will do the indexing of the item you will find that $name is the index. To fix this issue you need to make sure -

• No item field has $name as content (you can find the item name/id from solr)
• Make sure the item publish properly and you can check the value in the web database
• Make sure you are using the latest version in your code to get the item, the older versions may have the $name value
• Make sure you don't have any computed field which is not working properly and add content a $name

Answer 2

$name is just a token which will be replaced by item name, if you will create item first and then add $name in standard value later then in $name will be reflect into your item because of standard value but next time when you create item, it will take item name instead of $name so I would suggest to update $name manually (if there are few items) or using Powershell script, you can replace $name with item name.

Answer 3

You might have been missed updating the $name value from the field. Please make sure that you are not using the $name in the item. If everything is good then please do the reindex again it will remove all the old values.