Hello - i would certainly go for edismax' boost parameter, as it multiplies
scores. You can always do a regular boost query via {!boost ..} but edismax
makes it much easier.
Markus
-----Original message-----
> From:John Blythe <j...@curvolabs.com>
> Sent: Tuesday 5th April 2016 15:36
> To: solr-user <solr-user@lucene.apache.org>
> Subject: using tokens to influence boost and score rather than filtering
>
> hi all,
>
> i'm trying to do something similar to a simple fq=x on my query. i'm using
> the regular ol' select handler. instead of blocking out all items not
> related to x via the filter query i'd like to simply give them priority.
>
> is there a way to do this? it seems like the dismax bq function may be
> similar, but 1) i'd like to be certain before proceeding, 2) i'd prefer
> even more to stick w my vanilla query processing instead of migrating to
> dismax, at least for the near term.
>
> thanks for any pointers
>
> best,
>
> --
> John Blythe
>
