# How to boosting a term using java API? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311 "2011-09-05T06:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/1 "2011-09-05T06:54:01Z")
Hi I want to increase a significancy for some terms in the query.i am using following code for search: SearchResponse searchResponse = client.prepareSearch(indexName) .setSearchType(SearchType.DEFAULT).setTypes(indexType) .setQuery(queryString(data).boost(20).field(indexColumn)) .execute() .actionGet(); for example: my index contain the following data: ABCD01EF ABCDEF02 ABCDEFGH01 ABCDEFGH02IJ if i try to search ABCD01 i found zero hit count. please help me to how to boost search query then i found "ABCD01EF" when i search for "ABCD01".where i'm doing wrong? what need to be modified above code sample for search more relevance search using java? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/2 "2011-09-05T08:35:20Z")
I think that you should use a keyword analyzer for this field. Boosting won't help you in that case. HTH David 😉 Le 5 sept. 2011 à 08:54, sam [mishra.sameek@gmail.com](mailto:mishra.sameek@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi > > I want to increase a significancy for some terms in the query.i am > using following code for search: > > SearchResponse searchResponse = client.prepareSearch(indexName) > .setSearchType(SearchType.DEFAULT).setTypes(indexType) > .setQuery(queryString(data).boost(20).field(indexColumn)) > .execute() > .actionGet(); > > for example: my index contain the following data: > > ABCD01EF > ABCDEF02 > ABCDEFGH01 > ABCDEFGH02IJ > > if i try to search ABCD01 i found zero hit count. > please help me to how to boost search query then i found "ABCD01EF" > when i search for "ABCD01".where i'm doing wrong? what need to be > modified above code sample for search more relevance search using > java? > > Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/3 "2011-09-05T10:12:44Z")
Thanks for reply.can you please explain how keyword analyzer will help me.fot getting desire result. On Sep 5, 1:35 pm, David Pilato [da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr) wrote: > I think that you should use a keyword analyzer for this field. > > Boosting won't help you in that case. > > HTH > David 😉 > > Le 5 sept. 2011 à 08:54, sam [mishra.sam...@gmail.com](mailto:mishra.sam...@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > Hi > > > I want to increase a significancy for some terms in the query.i am > > using following code for search: > > > SearchResponse searchResponse = client.prepareSearch(indexName) > > .setSearchType(SearchType.DEFAULT).setTypes(indexType) > > .setQuery(queryString(data).boost(20).field(indexColumn)) > > .execute() > > .actionGet(); > > > for example: my index contain the following data: > > > ABCD01EF > > ABCDEF02 > > ABCDEFGH01 > > ABCDEFGH02IJ > > > if i try to search ABCD01 i found zero hit count. > > please help me to how to boost search query then i found "ABCD01EF" > > when i search for "ABCD01".where i'm doing wrong? what need to be > > modified above code sample for search more relevance search using > > java? > > > Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/4 "2011-09-05T12:31:36Z")
> Thanks for reply.can you please explain how keyword analyzer will help > me.fot getting desire result. > I think that your field does not contain human words (a sentence in fact) but > some keywords from your application. > That's why, for that same need, I use my self a keyword analyzer on that field. So, Lucene does not try to make tokens from the field and let it as it is. BTW, if you want to search for abcd (and not ABCD), you will have probably to add a lowercase filter. Something like : curl -X PUT [http://localhost:9200/myindex/](http://localhost:9200/myindex/) -d ' { "settings":{ "index":{ "analysis":{ "analyzer":{ "key\_lowercase":{ "tokenizer":"keyword", "filter":"lowercase" } } } } } } ' curl -X PUT [http://localhost:9200/myindex/mytype/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/myindex/mytype/_mapping) -d ' { "mytype":{ "properties":{ "myfield":{ "analyzer":"key\_lowercase", "type":"string" } } } } ' After setting your mapping for that field, you will be able to perform a prefix search or a term search or a wildcard (cost more). HTH -- David Pilato [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/) Twitter : @dadoonet ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/5 "2011-09-05T13:42:00Z")
thanks for reply.perhaps my question is misunderstood.define example not contain any predefined keyword.my index can any human words or sentence.e.g ## index file: Arosys Technologies IBM Infosys Technologies Ltd Arosys Technologies P Ltd Arosyss Arosus if my index contain the following data and i'm going for search 'Arosuus' on index.then more relevant data that want's to be search 'Arosus',because five character are matched with 'Arosus'.what query mechanism will be applied to search those type of similar or more relevant words. Thanks On Sep 5, 5:31 pm, "[da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr)" [da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr) wrote: > > Thanks for reply.can you please explain how keyword analyzer will help > > me.fot getting desire result. > > I think that your field does not contain human words (a sentence in fact) but > some keywords from your application. > That's why, for that same need, I use my self a keyword analyzer on that field. > So, Lucene does not try to make tokens from the field and let it as it is. > BTW, if you want to search for abcd (and not ABCD), you will have probably to > add a lowercase filter. > > Something like : > curl -X PUThttp://localhost:9200/myindex/-d ' > { > "settings":{ > "index":{ > "analysis":{ > "analyzer":{ > "key\_lowercase":{ > "tokenizer":"keyword", > "filter":"lowercase" > } > } > } > } > }} > > ' > > curl -X PUThttp://localhost:9200/myindex/mytype/\_mapping-d ' > { > "mytype":{ > "properties":{ > "myfield":{ > "analyzer":"key\_lowercase", > "type":"string" > } > } > }} > > ' > > After setting your mapping for that field, you will be able to perform a prefix > search or a term search or a wildcard (cost more). > > HTH > > -- > David Pilatohttp://dev.david.pilato.fr/ > Twitter : @dadoonet ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/6 "2011-09-05T15:05:01Z")
Did you look atFuzzy Queries ? [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.html) I did not start to use it myself, but perhaps it can help you. David. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-boosting-a-term-using-java-api/5311/7 "2011-09-06T07:36:44Z")
Thanks for reply.I use fuzzy query, i have made following setting: ``` SearchResponse searchResponse = client.prepareSearch(indexName) .setSearchType(SearchType.DEFAULT) .setQuery(fuzzyQuery(indexColumn,data.toLowerCase()).minSimilarity(0).prefixLength(30)) .execute() .actionGet(); ``` ## search issue with fuzzy query : 1.) if my search data "IBM " is on caps it doesn't search but if i give it lowercase is search nicely. 2.) when i go for search "Arosys Technologies" it got zero hit(tried both lowercase and uppercase),that means it can't search if data contain white space. 3.) if search data "Arosuus" then hit found zero hit (tried both lowercase and uppercase) and expected result may be "Arosus". 4.) Is there is any method to get Similarity count when searching data using fuzzy query. please help me to resolve above define issues, any help will be appreciated. Thanks On Sep 5, 8:05 pm, "[da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr)" [da...@pilato.fr](mailto:da...@pilato.fr) wrote: > Did you look atFuzzy Queries ?[Elastic — The Search AI Company | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.html) > > I did not start to use it myself, but perhaps it can help you. > > David. ---
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