# Child value as boosting factor - does this make sense? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 4, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/child-value-as-boosting-factor-does-this-make-sense/23545 "2015-05-04T19:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valentin\_Pletzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/valentin_pletzer/32/105548_2.png) [@Valentin\_Pletzer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Valentin_Pletzer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/child-value-as-boosting-factor-does-this-make-sense/23545/1 "2015-05-04T19:00:06Z")
Hi, I would like to use pageviews to rank our documents. Since pageview-data can update daily I just thought it might make sense to put in into a child. Is it even possible to boost a parent by using a value of a child? And what happens if a child does not exist? How did you solve this? Any feedback is very much appreciated! Regards Valentin -- 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/b625f203-855b-4844-adbe-a17667675c9c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b625f203-855b-4844-adbe-a17667675c9c%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/child-value-as-boosting-factor-does-this-make-sense/23545/2 "2017-07-06T00:15:50Z")