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title: "Facet"
generated: true
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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/entity/facet/facet.entity.ts" sourceLine="25" packageName="@vendure/core" />

A Facet is a class of properties which can be applied to a [Product](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/product#product) or [ProductVariant](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/product-variant#productvariant).
They are used to enable [faceted search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search) whereby products
can be filtered along a number of dimensions (facets).

For example, there could be a Facet named "Brand" which has a number of [FacetValue](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/facet-value#facetvalue)s representing
the various brands of product, e.g. "Apple", "Samsung", "Dell", "HP" etc.

```ts title="Signature"
class Facet extends VendureEntity implements Translatable, HasCustomFields, ChannelAware {
    constructor(input?: DeepPartial<Facet>)
    name: LocaleString;
    @Column({ default: false })
    isPrivate: boolean;
    @Column({ unique: true })
    code: string;
    @OneToMany(type => FacetTranslation, translation => translation.base, { eager: true })
    translations: Array<Translation<Facet>>;
    @OneToMany(type => FacetValue, value => value.facet)
    values: FacetValue[];
    @Column(type => CustomFacetFields)
    customFields: CustomFacetFields;
    @ManyToMany(type => Channel, channel => channel.facets)
    @JoinTable()
    channels: Channel[];
}
```

* Extends: [`VendureEntity`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/vendure-entity#vendureentity)

* Implements: [`Translatable`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/interfaces#translatable), HasCustomFields, [`ChannelAware`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/interfaces#channelaware)

<div className="members-wrapper">

### name

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`LocaleString`}   />

### isPrivate

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`boolean`}   />

### code

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

### translations

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`Array<Translation<<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/facet#facet'>Facet</a>>>`}   />

### values

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/facet-value#facetvalue'>FacetValue</a>[]`}   />

### customFields

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`CustomFacetFields`}   />

### channels

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/channel#channel'>Channel</a>[]`}   />

</div>