Question: Dropdown Attributes

[BarryCarlyon]

Having a poke about.

I'm wondering why when faced with a dropdown select attribute that is to be included in the search index, why the item in the index looks like:

{
  "_index" : "magento",
  "_type" : "product",
  "_id" : "2|1",
  "_version" : 1,
  "exists" : true, "_source" : {"sku":"151060002","manufacturer":["4"],"color":["486"],"status":["1"],"visibility":"4","price":["11"],"in_stock":"1","_options":["Exact Rapid","Pink"],"sort_by_name_en":"Pink Alginate (Exact Rapid) 500g","store_id":"1","unique":"2|1","id":2,"name_en":["Pink Alginate (Exact Rapid) 500g"],"description_en":["Impression compound, safe for making moulds of hands and faces, use 1 part powder to 1 part water. Alginate has a very fast setting time once mixed and needs to be used immediately. Moulding can only be used once. Try Pink Cosmetic Silicone ( 151160004 ) for multiple casting."],"short_description_en":["Impression compound, safe for making moulds of hands and faces, use 1 part powder to 1 part water. Alginate has a very fast setting time once mixed and needs to be used immediately. Moulding can only be used once. Try Pink Cosmetic Silicone ( 151160004 ) for multiple casting."],"categories":["2","121","132"],"show_in_categories":[],"position_category_2":"1","position_category_121":"1","position_category_132":"1","price_0_1":11,"price_1_1":11,"price_2_1":11,"price_3_1":11}
}

So (snip)

{"manufacturer":["4"],"color":["486"],"_options":["Exact Rapid","Pink"]}

As in, _options contains the string values that manufacture and color represent.
Rather than, substituting the values from _options into the relevant attributes?

{
  "_index" : "magento",
  "_type" : "product",
  "_id" : "2|1",
  "_version" : 1,
  "exists" : true, "_source" : {"sku":"151060002","manufacturer":["Exact Rapid"],"color":["Pink"],"status":["1"],"visibility":"4","price":["11"],"in_stock":"1",,"sort_by_name_en":"Pink Alginate (Exact Rapid) 500g","store_id":"1","unique":"2|1","id":2,"name_en":["Pink Alginate (Exact Rapid) 500g"],"description_en":["Impression compound, safe for making moulds of hands and faces, use 1 part powder to 1 part water. Alginate has a very fast setting time once mixed and needs to be used immediately. Moulding can only be used once. Try Pink Cosmetic Silicone ( 151160004 ) for multiple casting."],"short_description_en":["Impression compound, safe for making moulds of hands and faces, use 1 part powder to 1 part water. Alginate has a very fast setting time once mixed and needs to be used immediately. Moulding can only be used once. Try Pink Cosmetic Silicone ( 151160004 ) for multiple casting."],"categories":["2","121","132"],"show_in_categories":[],"position_category_2":"1","position_category_121":"1","position_category_132":"1","price_0_1":11,"price_1_1":11,"price_2_1":11,"price_3_1":11}
}

So (snip)

{"manufacturer":["Exact Rapid"],"color":["Pink"]}

I was thinking of "fixing" it, but thought I should check to see if it isn't broken…