gotcha, thanks for the response. will check {!boost} out for now and start working on moving our current query builders to a dismax/edismax configuration.
best, -- *John Blythe* Product Manager & Lead Developer 251.605.3071 | j...@curvolabs.com www.curvolabs.com 58 Adams Ave Evansville, IN 47713 On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Markus Jelsma <markus.jel...@openindex.io> wrote: > 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 > > >