Re: Trouble boosting a field -solved-

bq: Which might be the same as saying nothing matched Right, a score of zero for a doc means it didn't match the query. It can be useful to specify can show the scoring for an arbitrary doc, even one with a zero score. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Common+Query+Parameters

Re: Trouble boosting a field -solved-

I 'solved' this by removing some of the 'AND' from my full query. AND should be optional but have no effect if there, right ? But for me it was forcing the score to 0. Which might be the same as saying nothing matched ? Tom On 13/01/17 15:10, Tom Chiverton wrote: I have a few hundred

Re: Trouble boosting a field

Just accessible from your browser, so if you have a machine that’s inside your firewall but can see the outside world then it will work. Alan Woodward www.flax.co.uk > On 16 Jan 2017, at 09:47, Tom Chiverton wrote: > > Ohh, that's handy ! But it needs Solr/ElasticSearch

Re: Trouble boosting a field

Ohh, that's handy ! But it needs Solr/ElasticSearch to be publicly accessible ? On 14/01/17 09:23, Alan Woodward wrote: http://splainer.io/ from the gents at OpenSourceConnections is pretty good for this sort of thing, I find… Alan Woodward www.flax.co.uk On 13 Jan

Re: Trouble boosting a field

http://splainer.io/ from the gents at OpenSourceConnections is pretty good for this sort of thing, I find… Alan Woodward www.flax.co.uk > On 13 Jan 2017, at 16:35, Tom Chiverton wrote: > > Well, I've tried much larger values than 8, and it still

Re: Trouble boosting a field

Well, I've tried much larger values than 8, and it still doesn't seem to do the job ? For now, assume my users are searching for exact sub strings of a real title. Tom On 13/01/17 16:22, Walter Underwood wrote: I use a boost of 8 for title with no boost on the content. Both Infoseek and

Re: Trouble boosting a field

I use a boost of 8 for title with no boost on the content. Both Infoseek and Inktomi settled on the 8X boost, getting there with completely different methodologies. You might not want the title to completely trump the content. That causes some odd anomalies. If someone searches for “ice age

Re: Trouble boosting a field

Tom: The output is numbing, but add =true to your query and you'll see exactly what contributed to the score and why. Otherwise you're flying blind. Obviously something's trumping your boosting, but you can't pin down what without the numbers. You can get an overall sense of what's happening if

Trouble boosting a field

I have a few hundred documents with title and content fields. I want a match in title to trump matches in content. If I search for "connected vehicle" then a news article that has that in the content shouldn't be ranked higher than the page with that in the title is essentially what I want.