Use multiple attributes in attributeForDistinct

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Hi!
I want to use the same search text for 2 scenarios:

  1. It could be the type of car (sedan, hatchback, minivan, etc…) in which case I would want to show 1 result per car brand (1 ford, 1 audi, etc…)
  2. It could be the brand of the car (ford, audi, etc…) in which case I would want to show 1 result per type ( 1 sedan, 1 minivan, etc…)

Since attributeForDistinct doesn’t support 2 attributes I was thinking of adding an additional attribute to each record that has both the brand and the type: ford-sedan, ford-minivan,…

Questions:

  1. Is this the right approach?
  2. What is the right delimiter character to use?
  3. Does it matter which I put first? brand or type?
  4. Is there a way to retrieve the records in bulk add the new attribute? Using Python

thanks!