# Custom\_score does not change the score

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-score-does-not-change-the-score/6630>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 8, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-score-does-not-change-the-score/6630 "2012-02-08T06:15:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![invaderZYM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@invaderZYM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/invaderZYM)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-score-does-not-change-the-score/6630/1 "2012-02-08T06:15:50Z")

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I'm following the example provided on the site for custom score but it  
doesn't seem to change to change the score any same results from the  
same query without custom score any ideas?

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-score-does-not-change-the-score/6630/2 "2012-02-09T07:55:10Z")

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Can you gist a sample of this behavior? see [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://elasticsearch.org/help).

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8:15 AM, invaderZYM wrote:

> I'm following the example provided on the site for custom score but it  
> doesn't seem to change to change the score any same results from the  
> same query without custom score any ideas?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-score-does-not-change-the-score/6630/3 "2017-07-06T03:40:01Z")

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