Otis brings up a good point. Possibly you could put logic in your function
query to account for this. But it may be that you can't achieve the mix
you're looking for without taking direct control.
That is the main reason that SOLR-4465 was put out there, for cases where
direct control is needed. I
Hi,
But can you ever get this universally right?
In some cases there is very little inventory and in some case there is
a ton of inventory, so even if you use a small boost for inventory,
when the intentory is very large, that will overpower the title boost,
no?
Otis
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If you had a high boost on the title with a moderate boost on the inventory
it sounds like you'd get boots first ordered by inventory followed by jeans
ordered by inventory. Because the heavy title boost would move the boots to
the top. You can play with the boost factors to try and get the mix you
Thanks for the fast response. I am still just learning solr so please bear
with me.
This still sounds like the wrong products would appear at the top if they
have more inventory unless I am misunderstanding. High boost low boost
seems to make sense to me. That alone would return the more rele
It sounds like you might be able to get the mix you want with three
different boosts:
1) High boost on title
2) Lower boost on description
3) Function query boost on inventory
The high boost on title will help push products with matches in the title
to the top. The function query boost on invento
