# Elastic Search Scoring - Query Terms Boost **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 18, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-scoring-query-terms-boost/16420 "2014-03-18T10:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pratik\_Poddar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_poddar/32/1529_2.png) [@Pratik\_Poddar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pratik_Poddar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-scoring-query-terms-boost/16420/1 "2014-03-18T10:25:17Z")
Hey, Sorry for the noob question. Realy appreciate if someone can help me through this. I am using Elastic Search python. I am search a string like "Arvind Kejriwal India Today Economic Times" and it gives me reasonable results. I was hoping I could increase weight of the first words more in the search query. How can I do that? res = es.search(index="article-index", fields="url", body={"query": {"query\_string": {"query": keywordstr, "fields": ["text", "title", "tags", "domain"]}}}) I am using the above command to search right now. > -- 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/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Honza\_Kral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/honza_kral/32/876_2.png) [@Honza\_Kral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Honza_Kral)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-scoring-query-terms-boost/16420/2 "2014-03-18T14:20:01Z")
Hi Pratik, in Lucene query syntax, which is what query\_string uses, supports boosting of terms with ^N notation (0), so "Arvind^6 Kejriwal^6 India Today economic times" will mark the two first terms as more important. 0 - [Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax](http://lucene.apache.org/core/2_9_4/queryparsersyntax.html#Boosting%20a%20Term) Hope this helps, Honza On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Pratik Poddar [pratik.phodu@gmail.com](mailto:pratik.phodu@gmail.com) wrote: > Hey, > > Sorry for the noob question. Realy appreciate if someone can help me through > this. I am using Elastic Search python. I am search a string like "Arvind > Kejriwal India Today Economic Times" and it gives me reasonable results. I > was hoping I could increase weight of the first words more in the search > query. How can I do that? > > res = es.search(index="article-index", fields="url", body={"query": > {"query\_string": {"query": keywordstr, "fields": ["text", "title", "tags", > "domain"]}}}) > > I am using the above command to search right now. > > [elasticsearch - Elastic Search boost query corresponding to first search term - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22476315/elastic-search-boost-query-corresponding-to-first-search-term) > > -- > 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/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/CABfdDir0XEpCtL3Yt1k7x2U9JG-PHS7H4k6JiuGSdUkR\_2D8tg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CABfdDir0XEpCtL3Yt1k7x2U9JG-PHS7H4k6JiuGSdUkR_2D8tg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Pratik\_Poddar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pratik_poddar/32/1529_2.png) [@Pratik\_Poddar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pratik_Poddar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-scoring-query-terms-boost/16420/3 "2014-04-05T19:40:08Z")
Thanks. That worked like a charm. On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:50:01 PM UTC+5:30, Honza Král wrote: > Hi Pratik, > > in Lucene query syntax, which is what query\_string uses, supports > boosting of terms with ^N notation (0), so > > "Arvind^6 Kejriwal^6 India Today economic times" > > will mark the two first terms as more important. > > 0 - > [Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax](http://lucene.apache.org/core/2_9_4/queryparsersyntax.html#Boosting%20a%20Term) > > Hope this helps, > Honza > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Pratik Poddar \<[pratik...@gmail.com](mailto:pratik...@gmail.com)\\> > wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > Sorry for the noob question. Realy appreciate if someone can help me > > through > > this. I am using Elastic Search python. I am search a string like > > "Arvind > > Kejriwal India Today Economic Times" and it gives me reasonable results. > > I > > was hoping I could increase weight of the first words more in the search > > query. How can I do that? > > > > res = es.search(index="article-index", fields="url", body={"query": > > {"query\_string": {"query": keywordstr, "fields": ["text", "title", > > "tags", > > "domain"]}}}) > > > > I am using the above command to search right now. > > [elasticsearch - Elastic Search boost query corresponding to first search term - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22476315/elastic-search-boost-query-corresponding-to-first-search-term) > > > -- > > 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/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8cecfda7-ab8b-4d0a-9a30-babd869b39c4%40googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/a87303f3-d716-4838-9fca-4709f8d3c18b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a87303f3-d716-4838-9fca-4709f8d3c18b%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, 1:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-scoring-query-terms-boost/16420/4 "2017-07-06T01:37:58Z")