How to Boost

Garrett_Johnson · April 28, 2015, 8:42pm

I am attempting to boost values for queries.

I'm searching across all fields and tables and returning 25 results for
each type.

This is working fine however I need to Boost if the field name Name or the
Field Name ID have the value in it.

I'm using ElasticSearchClient and sending this search.

search = new
{

            query = new
            {
                query_string = new
                {
                    query = keyword,
                    default_field = "_all"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

ElasticsearchResponse searchResponse =
client.Search("jdbc", search, null);

How do i tell this to boost the name and id fields over all other fields.

If I'm searching for "My Searched Company" and that is in the Name field I
want it at the top of the list. vs in notes, addresses or whatever other
columns etc.

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jpotisch · April 29, 2015, 4:06pm

You could use a boosting query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-boosting-query.html,
or you could use a multi-match query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-multi-match-query.html and
add a boost directly to the name and id fields. Something like:

{
"multi_match": {
"fields": [
"name^2",
"id^2",
"_all"
],
"query": keyword,
"type": "best_fields"
}
}

That tells Elasticsearch to search all fields, but to additionally search
name and id and double their score if they match (that's the "^2" part).
the "best_fields" type will use the best score from the name, id, and _all
searches. You might want most_fields to rank records that contain your
query terms in name and id and other fields even higher. Note that my
snippet is using the Query DSL. The syntax for the client you're using will
probably be slightly different but that's the general idea.

Also note that I've been using Elasticsearch less than a year though so
there may be better approaches, but that's where I'd start.

-joel

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 4:42:56 PM UTC-4, GWired wrote:

I am attempting to boost values for queries.

I'm searching across all fields and tables and returning 25 results for
each type.

This is working fine however I need to Boost if the field name Name or the
Field Name ID have the value in it.

I'm using ElasticSearchClient and sending this search.

search = new
{
            query = new
            {
                query_string = new
                {
                    query = keyword,
                    default_field = "_all"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
ElasticsearchResponse searchResponse =
client.Search("jdbc", search, null);

How do i tell this to boost the name and id fields over all other fields.

If I'm searching for "My Searched Company" and that is in the Name field I
want it at the top of the list. vs in notes, addresses or whatever other
columns etc.

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Garrett_Johnson · May 1, 2015, 1:01am

I was able to get this to work in ES using head and got back what i needed.

However translating to ElasticSearch.net has been an issue.

I have an anonymous type doing a match all query and this works fine and
dandy.

I am trying to do the multi_match as above but it isn't returning any
results. I'm not sure

var myfields = "["Name^20","Id^20","_all"]"; <- this gets no
results
var myfields = "["Name^20","Id^20","_all"]"; <- this crashes with
all kinds of errors

How do you do these bracketed values?

        var search = new
        {

            query = new
            {
                multi_match = new
                {
                    fields = myfields,
                    query = keyword,
                    type = "best_fields",
                    use_dis_max= "true"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        };

On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 12:06:47 PM UTC-4, Joel Potischman wrote:

You could use a boosting query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-boosting-query.html,
or you could use a multi-match query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-multi-match-query.html and
add a boost directly to the name and id fields. Something like:

{
"multi_match": {
"fields": [
"name^2",
"id^2",
"_all"
],
"query": keyword,
"type": "best_fields"
}
}

That tells Elasticsearch to search all fields, but to additionally search
name and id and double their score if they match (that's the "^2" part).
the "best_fields" type will use the best score from the name, id, and _all
searches. You might want most_fields to rank records that contain your
query terms in name and id and other fields even higher. Note that
my snippet is using the Query DSL. The syntax for the client you're using
will probably be slightly different but that's the general idea.

Also note that I've been using Elasticsearch less than a year though so
there may be better approaches, but that's where I'd start.

-joel

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 4:42:56 PM UTC-4, GWired wrote:
I am attempting to boost values for queries.

I'm searching across all fields and tables and returning 25 results for
each type.

This is working fine however I need to Boost if the field name Name or
the Field Name ID have the value in it.

I'm using ElasticSearchClient and sending this search.

search = new
{
            query = new
            {
                query_string = new
                {
                    query = keyword,
                    default_field = "_all"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
ElasticsearchResponse searchResponse =
client.Search("jdbc", search, null);

How do i tell this to boost the name and id fields over all other fields.

If I'm searching for "My Searched Company" and that is in the Name field
I want it at the top of the list. vs in notes, addresses or whatever other
columns etc.

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Garrett_Johnson · May 1, 2015, 11:43am

I got it:

To add an array of var to an anonymous type add them like this.

        var field1 = new {field="Name^20"};
        var field2 = new {field = "_all"};
        var field3 = new {field = "Id^20"};
        var myfields = new [] {field1,field2};

This is slick now it puts the brackets in and there is no escaping

On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 9:01:27 PM UTC-4, GWired wrote:

I was able to get this to work in ES using head and got back what i needed.

However translating to ElasticSearch.net has been an issue.

I have an anonymous type doing a match all query and this works fine and
dandy.

I am trying to do the multi_match as above but it isn't returning any
results. I'm not sure

var myfields = "["Name^20","Id^20","_all"]"; <- this gets
no results
var myfields = "["Name^20","Id^20","_all"]"; <- this crashes with
all kinds of errors

How do you do these bracketed values?
        var search = new
        {

            query = new
            {
                multi_match = new
                {
                    fields = myfields,
                    query = keyword,
                    type = "best_fields",
                    use_dis_max= "true"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        };
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 12:06:47 PM UTC-4, Joel Potischman wrote:
You could use a boosting query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-boosting-query.html,
or you could use a multi-match query
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-multi-match-query.html and
add a boost directly to the name and id fields. Something like:

{
"multi_match": {
"fields": [
"name^2",
"id^2",
"_all"
],
"query": keyword,
"type": "best_fields"
}
}

That tells Elasticsearch to search all fields, but to additionally search
name and id and double their score if they match (that's the "^2" part).
the "best_fields" type will use the best score from the name, id, and _all
searches. You might want most_fields to rank records that contain your
query terms in name and id and other fields even higher. Note that
my snippet is using the Query DSL. The syntax for the client you're using
will probably be slightly different but that's the general idea.

Also note that I've been using Elasticsearch less than a year though so
there may be better approaches, but that's where I'd start.

-joel

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 4:42:56 PM UTC-4, GWired wrote:
I am attempting to boost values for queries.

I'm searching across all fields and tables and returning 25 results for
each type.

This is working fine however I need to Boost if the field name Name or
the Field Name ID have the value in it.

I'm using ElasticSearchClient and sending this search.

search = new
{
            query = new
            {
                query_string = new
                {
                    query = keyword,
                    default_field = "_all"
                }
            },
            from = 0,
            size = limitAllTypes,
            aggs = new
            {
                top_types = new
                {
                    terms = new
                    {
                        field = "_type"
                    },
                    aggs = new
                    {
                        top_type_hits = new
                        {
                            top_hits = new
                            {
                                size = limitPerType
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
ElasticsearchResponse searchResponse =
client.Search("jdbc", search, null);

How do i tell this to boost the name and id fields over all other fields.

If I'm searching for "My Searched Company" and that is in the Name field
I want it at the top of the list. vs in notes, addresses or whatever other
columns etc.

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