# Action to take to lower build\_scorer time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-to-take-to-lower-build-scorer-time/155794>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-to-take-to-lower-build-scorer-time/155794 "2018-11-07T20:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![maxshortzp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@maxshortzp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxshortzp)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-to-take-to-lower-build-scorer-time/155794/1 "2018-11-07T20:58:38Z")

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I'm profiling some slow queries and several times have seen the `build_scorer` time appearing to dominate the the profile breakdown.

Are there any actions I can take to lower the time spent in `build_scorer`?

Does this mean that the cluster is busy or are there application level things I can do to lower the time spent in scoring?

Does this partially have to do with the number of fields present in the documents?

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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:** [December 5, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-to-take-to-lower-build-scorer-time/155794/2 "2018-12-05T20:58:41Z")

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