Metadata filtering mechanism in Databricks Vector Search

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Does Databricks vector search support pre-filtering or post-filtering or both in metadata filtering?

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Hello @SaiVihAI,

Yes, It uses in-query filtering. The algorithm takes a series of iterative steps to determine if the filtered set is small enough to execute brute-force search or if it proceeds with AN