# Elasticsearch Multimatch Query Field level boost is not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multimatch-query-field-level-boost-is-not-working/20478>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 29, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multimatch-query-field-level-boost-is-not-working/20478 "2014-10-29T11:58:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Sarath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sarath)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multimatch-query-field-level-boost-is-not-working/20478/1 "2014-10-29T11:58:01Z")

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Hi All,

Field boost applied in Multimatch query is not contributing to the match  
score. I have indexed few documents and searching document based on field  
'last\_name'. I searched with and without field boost using Multimatch  
query, both are giving same match score. Can someone explain me this  
behavior

PUT /megacorp/employee/1  
{  
"first\_name" : "John",  
"last\_name" : "Smith",  
"age" : 25,  
"about" : "I love to go rock climbing",  
"interests": ["sports", "music"]  
}

PUT /megacorp/employee/2  
{  
"first\_name" : "Jane",  
"last\_name" : "Smith",  
"age" : 32,  
"about" : "I like to collect rock albums",  
"interests": ["music"]  
}

PUT /megacorp/employee/3  
{  
"first\_name" : "Douglas",  
"last\_name" : "Fir",  
"age" : 35,  
"about": "I like to build cabinets",  
"interests": ["forestry"]  
}

POST /megacorp/employee/\_search  
{ "query" : {"multi\_match" : {  
"query": "Smith",  
"fields": ["last\_name"] ,  
"analyzer" : "standard"  
}}  
}

POST /megacorp/employee/\_search  
{  
"query" : {"multi\_match" : {  
"query": "Smith",  
"fields": ["last\_name^5"] ,  
"analyzer" : "standard"  
}}  
}

Thanks,  
Sarath

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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, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multimatch-query-field-level-boost-is-not-working/20478/2 "2017-07-06T00:53:14Z")

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