text: var test_facets = new function() {
  
      // TODO: if I'm in a project, go back to main page (useful when working on this test)
      //if () { 
          //go back
      //};
      
      // test opening Food project
      test = newTest();
      assert (test, "assertText", { id:"slogan", validator: "A power tool for working with messy data." });
      this.test_home_page = test;
      
      // make sure the dataset was loaded properly
      test = newTest();
      action (test, "click",        { link:    "Food" });
      wait   (test, "forPageLoad",  { timeout: "20000" });
      assert (test, "assertText", {xpath: "//div[@id='summary-bar']/span",validator: "7413 rows"});
      this.test_open_project = test;
  
      // create text facet from 1st word of Short Description column
      test = newTest();
      action (test, 'click',       { jquery: '(".column-header-layout tr:contains(\'Shrt_Desc\') .column-header-menu")[0]' });
      action (test, 'mouseOver',   { jquery: '("td:contains(\'Facet\')")[0]' });
      wait   (test, "forMenuItem", {   name: 'Custom Text Facet' });
      action (test, "click",       { jquery: '(".menu-item:contains(\'Custom Text Facet\')")[0]' });
      action (test, "type",        { jquery: '(".expression-preview-code")[0]', text: "value.split(',')[0]" });
      wait   (test, "forElement",  { jquery: '("td:contains(\'value.split\')")[0]' });
      action (test, "click",       { jquery: '("button:contains(\'OK\')")[0]' });
      wait   (test, "forAjaxEnd");
      assert (test, "expectedTopFacetValue", "ABALONE");
      this.test_facet = test;
          
      // sort the facet by count and test the result
      test = newTest();
      action (test, "click",      { jquery: '(".ui-button-text:contains(\'count\')")[0]' });
      wait   (test, "forElement", { jquery: '(".ui-state-active .ui-button-text:contains(\'count\')")[0]' }); // wait til count is the active sort
      assert (test, "expectedTopFacetValue", "BEEF");
      this.test_sort_text_facet = test;
          
      // filter down to BEEF
      test = newTest();
      action (test, "click",      { jquery: '("a.facet-choice-label")[0]' });
      assert (test, "rowCount", "457");
      this.test_fitler_text_facet = test;
          
      // create numeric filter from Water column
      test = newTest();
      action (test, "click",       { jquery: '(".column-header-layout tr:contains(\'Water\') .column-header-menu")[0]' });
      action (test, "mouseOver",   { jquery: '("td:contains(\'Facet\')")[0]' });
      wait   (test, "forMenuItem", {   name: 'Numeric Facet' });
      action (test, "click",       { jquery: '(".menu-item:contains(\'Numeric Facet\')")[0]' });
      wait   (test, "forAjaxEnd");
      assert (test, function() {
          jum.assertTrue($(".facet-panel span:contains('Water')").length > 0);
      });
      this.test_create_numeric_facet = test;
  
      // filter out BEEF with lower water content
      test = newTest();
      wait   (test, "forAjaxEnd"); 
      wait   (test, "forElement",   { jquery: '((".slider-widget-draggable.left"))[0]' }),
      action (test, "dragDropElem", { jquery: '((".slider-widget-draggable.left"))[0]', pixels: '150, 0' });
      wait   (test, "forAjaxEnd"); // <--- FIXME for some reason the range faceting doesn't seem to be triggering that
      //assert (test, "rowCount", "153");
      this.test_filter_numeric_facet = test;
      
  };
  