# Access search score in a script?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-search-score-in-a-script/6501>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 25, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-search-score-in-a-script/6501 "2012-01-25T21:17:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_LaRosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Frank\_LaRosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_LaRosa)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-search-score-in-a-script/6501/1 "2012-01-25T21:17:09Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to access the score in a script?

I tried using the expression doc['\_score'].value, but it doesn't work.

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-search-score-in-a-script/6501/2 "2012-01-25T21:54:29Z")

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I thought you are a Java developer, and now you use Scripts :). The variable you should use is \_score.

On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Frank LaRosa wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to access the score in a script?
> 
> I tried using the expression doc['\_score'].value, but it doesn't work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-search-score-in-a-script/6501/3 "2017-07-06T03:41:27Z")

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