# Cannot find though the whole document **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589 "2011-10-13T14:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/77aa72/32.png) [@1114](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1114)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/1 "2011-10-13T14:09:43Z")
Sorry if this is RTFM, but i spent several hours tried to compose search query. I have a clothes index with shirts, shoes and so on. All items have some attributes such as collor, size, brand. In my application i have search string like "red nike t-shirt" or just "red shirt". How can i make elasticsearch to find relevant items? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Farrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gabriel_farrell/32/3337_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Farrell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gabriel_Farrell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/2 "2011-10-13T20:45:52Z")
You'll have to be more specific. Can you show us an example document? Are you using explicit mappings? Are you using query\_string in the query DSL? In general, if you're adjusting relevancy, you'll want to 1. adjust index-time boost with a mapping ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/boost-field.html)) and/or 2. adjust query-time boost with a multi-field query\_string ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.html)) On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Андрей [andrey.smolev@gmail.com](mailto:andrey.smolev@gmail.com) wrote: > Sorry if this is RTFM, but i spent several hours tried to compose > search query. > > I have a clothes index with shirts, shoes and so on. All items have > some attributes such as collor, size, brand. In my application i have > search string like "red nike t-shirt" or just "red shirt". How can i > make elasticsearch to find relevant items? > > Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/77aa72/32.png) [@1114](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1114)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/3 "2011-10-14T14:59:10Z")
Resolved it this way source={"query":{"query\_string":{"default\_field":"\_all", "default\_operator":"AND","query":"white~0.7 shoes~0.7 adidas~0.7"}},"fields":["colorList","price","picture","name","vendor","shop","sizeList","colour\_image","elegance","offer id","description"],"size":100,"sort":{"\_score":{"order":"desc"}},"filter":{"and":[{"term":{"available":1}}]}} But I do not like "~0.7" in the querry, now I parse input string and replace spaces with "~0.7 " but may be there is any better solution? tried " fuzzy\_min\_sim":0.7 but it doesn't work like ~0.7... On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Gabriel Farrell [gsf747@gmail.com](mailto:gsf747@gmail.com) wrote: > You'll have to be more specific. Can you show us an example document? > Are you using explicit mappings? Are you using query\_string in the > query DSL? In general, if you're adjusting relevancy, you'll want to > > 1. adjust index-time boost with a mapping > ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/boost-field.html)) > and/or > 2. adjust query-time boost with a multi-field query\_string > ( > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.html) > ) > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Андрей [andrey.smolev@gmail.com](mailto:andrey.smolev@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Sorry if this is RTFM, but i spent several hours tried to compose > > search query. > > > > I have a clothes index with shirts, shoes and so on. All items have > > some attributes such as collor, size, brand. In my application i have > > search string like "red nike t-shirt" or just "red shirt". How can i > > make elasticsearch to find relevant items? > > > > Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Farrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gabriel_farrell/32/3337_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Farrell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gabriel_Farrell)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/4 "2011-10-14T21:44:28Z")
fuzzy\_min\_sim only applies to terms with a tilde, but no required similarity set. So you could change your query to "white~ shoes~ adidas~" and set fuzzy\_min\_sim to 0.7 for the same result. Since you're already parsing the input, however, you might consider putting all the terms in a fuzzy query (boosted at 0.8 or so) and running it alongside the regular query. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Андрей Смолев [andrey.smolev@gmail.com](mailto:andrey.smolev@gmail.com) wrote: > Resolved it this way > source={"query":{"query\_string":{"default\_field":"\_all", > "default\_operator":"AND","query":"white~0.7 shoes~0.7 > adidas~0.7"}},"fields":["colorList","price","picture","name","vendor","shop","sizeList","colour\_image","elegance","offer > id","description"],"size":100,"sort":{"\_score":{"order":"desc"}},"filter":{"and":[{"term":{"available":1}}]}} > > But I do not like "~0.7" in the querry, now I parse input string and replace > spaces with "~0.7 " but may be there is any better solution? tried > "fuzzy\_min\_sim":0.7 but it doesn't work like ~0.7... > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Gabriel Farrell [gsf747@gmail.com](mailto:gsf747@gmail.com) wrote: > > > You'll have to be more specific. Can you show us an example document? > > Are you using explicit mappings? Are you using query\_string in the > > query DSL? In general, if you're adjusting relevancy, you'll want to > > > > 1. adjust index-time boost with a mapping > > ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/boost-field.html)) > > and/or > > 2. adjust query-time boost with a multi-field query\_string > > > > ([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.html)) > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Андрей [andrey.smolev@gmail.com](mailto:andrey.smolev@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Sorry if this is RTFM, but i spent several hours tried to compose > > > search query. > > > > > > I have a clothes index with shirts, shoes and so on. All items have > > > some attributes such as collor, size, brand. In my application i have > > > search string like "red nike t-shirt" or just "red shirt". How can i > > > make elasticsearch to find relevant items? > > > > > > Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/77aa72/32.png) [@1114](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1114)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/5 "2011-10-18T19:08:53Z")
Thank you, it works for me! On Oct 15, 2011 1:44 AM, "Gabriel Farrell" [gsf747@gmail.com](mailto:gsf747@gmail.com) wrote: ---
**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, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-though-the-whole-document/5589/6 "2017-07-06T03:51:29Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC