# Boosts not reflected in score when searching \_all **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 18, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939 "2013-12-18T20:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AdamP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@AdamP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdamP)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939/1 "2013-12-18T20:10:14Z")
Hi, I'm trying to search the \_all field and I'm finding that the field boosts aren't reflected in the score each document receives. According to the Elasticsearch documentation: "One of the nice features of the \_all field is that it takes into account specific fields boost levels. Meaning that if a title field is boosted more than content, the title (part) in the \_all field will mean more than the content (part) in the \_all field." When I do a query, I'm getting the same score for each document, regardless of the boost. This seems to have something to do with my custom analyzers. If I use the standard analyzer, the boost works correctly. Here's my mapping, data, and query. I'm searching for the word "test". Since field1 has a large boost, the document containing the word "test" in field1 should have a higher score right? > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d6e430e9-ceae-49ff-8d48-b621ffb513cc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d6e430e9-ceae-49ff-8d48-b621ffb513cc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![brian\_yoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@brian\_yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian_yoder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939/2 "2013-12-18T20:50:08Z")
For one thing, I am not sure about the reason for using different analyzers for indexing as for searching. I always use the same analyzer for both. I've also only seen the \_all field enabled via: "\_all" : {"enabled" : true} and never with any analyzers of its own. Not sure if this helps; I hope it does. Regards, Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939/3 "2013-12-19T14:56:04Z")
Hey, can you test with elasticsearch 0.90.8? There was bug fixed recently about a similar issue: [Per-field boosting of the \_all field is broken unless very specific conditions are met · Issue #4315 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/4315) --Alex On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM, InquiringMind [brian.from.fl@gmail.com](mailto:brian.from.fl@gmail.com)wrote: > For one thing, I am not sure about the reason for using different > analyzers for indexing as for searching. I always use the same analyzer for > both. > > I've also only seen the \_all field enabled via: "\_all" : {"enabled" : true > } and never with any analyzers of its own. > > Not sure if this helps; I hope it does. > > Regards, > Brian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM8R7WbCqpfQ9Bp2BLpHZgJN2crayV9BFt8iaR%2BbR%3DqHjg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM8R7WbCqpfQ9Bp2BLpHZgJN2crayV9BFt8iaR%2BbR%3DqHjg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![AdamP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@AdamP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdamP)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939/4 "2013-12-19T15:15:52Z")
That was the issue. Thanks! On Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:56:04 AM UTC-5, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hey, > > can you test with elasticsearch 0.90.8? There was bug fixed recently about > a similar issue: > [Per-field boosting of the \_all field is broken unless very specific conditions are met · Issue #4315 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/4315) > > --Alex > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM, InquiringMind \<[brian....@gmail.com](mailto:brian....@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > For one thing, I am not sure about the reason for using different > > analyzers for indexing as for searching. I always use the same analyzer for > > both. > > > > I've also only seen the \_all field enabled via: "\_all" : {"enabled" : > > true} and never with any analyzers of its own. > > > > Not sure if this helps; I hope it does. > > > > Regards, > > Brian > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cf011de-6bf3-4e28-ba2e-f280d592574a%40googlegroups.com) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a118321-ffda-4266-af6b-8884b18715af%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a118321-ffda-4266-af6b-8884b18715af%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosts-not-reflected-in-score-when-searching--all/14939/5 "2017-07-06T02:00:13Z")