Hi, I'm trying to use bf parameter in solr queries but I'm having some problems.
The context is: I have some topics and a integer weight of popularity (number of users that follow the topic). I'd like to boost the documents according to this weight field, and it changes (users may start following or unfollowing that topic). I through the best way to do that is adding a bf parameter to the query. First of all I was trying to include it in a query processed by a default SearchHandler. I debugged the results and the scores didn't change. So I tried to change the defType of the SearchHandler to dismax (I didn't add any other field in solrconfig), and queries didn't work anymore. What is the best way to achieve what I want? Do I really need to use a dismax SearchHander (I read about it, and I don't want to search in multple fields - I want to search in one field and boost in another one)? Thanks in advance Alex Grilo
