How do I combine multiple filters with OR without affecting the score?

[stephenb (Stephen Brown)]

Hi @chm Welcome to the community.

I just showed how to do this here

How do I create a boolean "OR" filter?

You can use the should clause to create and OR filter Here is a complete example DELETE discuss-test PUT discuss-test { "mappings": { "properties": { "type": { "type": "keyword" }, "gender": { "type": "keyword" }, "name": { "type": "keyword" } } } } POST discuss-test/_doc { "type" : "feline", "gender" : "male", "name" : "chuck" } POST discuss-test/_doc { "type" : "feline", "gender" : "female", "name" : "mar…

Look at the 3 posts following .. the first solution I put the OR in the query context , the 2nd I put the OR in the filter context... Which is what you are asking about.

There is a complete whole solution there.

I short an OR in a filter looks like this

GET discuss-test/_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "filter": [
        {
          "bool": {
            "should": [
              {
                "term": {
                  "type": "canis"
                }
              },
              {
                "term": {
                  "name": "mary"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}