# Dis\_max and boost **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 21, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dis-max-and-boost/18754 "2014-07-21T02:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexey\_Kotlyarov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexey_kotlyarov/32/1386_2.png) [@Alexey\_Kotlyarov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexey_Kotlyarov)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dis-max-and-boost/18754/1 "2014-07-21T02:56:57Z")
I am confused about the way boosting works inside a dis\_max query. I have documents to search with two fields - "name" and "important". Anything that matches within "important" must come before anything in "name". The query I have is a dis\_max of: "match": { "name": { "query": "zzz", "fuzziness": "AUTO" }} "match": { "important": { "query": "zzz", "fuzziness": "AUTO", "boost": 100 }} The two test documents are: { "name": "zzz" } and { "important": "zzz" }. They are scored _the same_ on the above dis\_max, and the explanation doesn't mention the boost at all. However, if I remove fuzziness from the "important" query: "match": { "important": { "query": "zzz", "boost": 100 }} Then the "important" document scores better, as it (in my intent) should. How does boosting work inside a dis\_max query? How do I correctly boost the "important" field inside a dis\_max? Attached is the cURL reproduction of the problem. -- 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/4ce0807c-b9f3-48d7-84e8-f664c7de4552%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4ce0807c-b9f3-48d7-84e8-f664c7de4552%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, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dis-max-and-boost/18754/2 "2017-07-06T01:14:39Z")