# Es 5.6.3 similarity setting to classic, confused about the querynorm

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-5-6-3-similarity-setting-to-classic-confused-about-the-querynorm/161440>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-5-6-3-similarity-setting-to-classic-confused-about-the-querynorm/161440 "2018-12-19T04:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigheary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bigheary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigheary)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-5-6-3-similarity-setting-to-classic-confused-about-the-querynorm/161440/1 "2018-12-19T04:49:46Z")

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when i set field similarity to "classic", i was confused about the 'querynorm' provided by the explain api, which always seems to be '1', anyone could help?

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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:** [January 16, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-5-6-3-similarity-setting-to-classic-confused-about-the-querynorm/161440/2 "2019-01-16T04:54:26Z")

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