Boost Field - need to defined in mapping definition?

maho · May 13, 2011, 7:36am

Hi,

do I need to define the name of the boost field in my mapping
definition?
Or is it possible only to send a json with the field "_boost"?

Thanks

kimchy · May 13, 2011, 9:28am

You can just send the json with _boost. No need to explicit mapping.
On Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:36 AM, maho wrote:

Hi,

do I need to define the name of the boost field in my mapping
definition?
Or is it possible only to send a json with the field "_boost"?

Thanks

maho · May 13, 2011, 11:28am

nice, thanks shay

On 13 Mai, 11:28, Shay Banon shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com wrote:

You can just send the json with _boost. No need to explicit mapping.

On Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:36 AM, maho wrote:

Hi,

do I need to define the name of the boost field in my mapping
definition?
Or is it possible only to send a json with the field "_boost"?

Thanks