# How to score results based on value of a different field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-score-results-based-on-value-of-a-different-field/12096 "2013-05-23T12:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_O](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dave_o/32/69398_2.png) [@Dave\_O](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave_O)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-score-results-based-on-value-of-a-different-field/12096/1 "2013-05-23T12:54:22Z")
Hello, I'm running esearch 0.90 and are running queries where I would like the output ranked and sorted by another field. A couple examples I have data such as id, name, address, group 1,john,Laurel, 1 2,mike, Southold,1 3,pete,north,5 4,pete,smithtown,3 5,jackson,laurelton,2 What I would like to do is query by a field such as Name but be able to use the "group" field as part of the ranking. So if I query where name = 'pete' I want the group with the lowest numbers to have a higher score. So 4,pete,smithtown,3 would rank higher then 3,pete,north,5 I also might want to do a bounding box query and then rank all the results by group. When I add the sort by group it "nulls" the score for all my records. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Boaz\_Leskes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/boaz_leskes/32/723_2.png) [@Boaz\_Leskes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Boaz_Leskes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-score-results-based-on-value-of-a-different-field/12096/2 "2013-05-23T13:22:45Z")
Hi Dave, If you add \_score as a secondary sort it will come back: "sort": [ { "group": { "order": "asc" } }, "\_score" ] Cheers, Boaz On Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:54:22 PM UTC+2, Dave O wrote: > Hello, > I'm running esearch 0.90 and are running queries where I would like the > output ranked and sorted by another field. > > A couple examples > > I have data such as > > id, name, address, group > 1,john,Laurel, 1 > 2,mike, Southold,1 > 3,pete,north,5 > 4,pete,smithtown,3 > 5,jackson,laurelton,2 > > What I would like to do is query by a field such as Name but be able to > use the "group" field as part of the ranking. > > So if I query where name = 'pete' I want the group with the lowest > numbers to have a higher score. > > So > 4,pete,smithtown,3 > would rank higher then > 3,pete,north,5 > > I also might want to do a bounding box query and then rank all the results > by group. > > When I add the sort by group it "nulls" the score for all my records. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_O](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dave_o/32/69398_2.png) [@Dave\_O](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave_O)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-score-results-based-on-value-of-a-different-field/12096/3 "2013-05-23T16:30:32Z")
Great! Thank you! This works great! On Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:22:45 AM UTC-4, Boaz Leskes wrote: > Hi Dave, > > If you add \_score as a secondary sort it will come back: > > "sort": [ > { > "group": { > "order": "asc" > } > }, > "\_score" > ] > > Cheers, > Boaz > > On Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:54:22 PM UTC+2, Dave O wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm running esearch 0.90 and are running queries where I would like the > > output ranked and sorted by another field. > > > > A couple examples > > > > I have data such as > > > > id, name, address, group > > 1,john,Laurel, 1 > > 2,mike, Southold,1 > > 3,pete,north,5 > > 4,pete,smithtown,3 > > 5,jackson,laurelton,2 > > > > What I would like to do is query by a field such as Name but be able to > > use the "group" field as part of the ranking. > > > > So if I query where name = 'pete' I want the group with the lowest > > numbers to have a higher score. > > > > So > > 4,pete,smithtown,3 > > would rank higher then > > 3,pete,north,5 > > > > I also might want to do a bounding box query and then rank all the > > results by group. > > > > When I add the sort by group it "nulls" the score for all my records. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-score-results-based-on-value-of-a-different-field/12096/4 "2017-07-06T02:35:02Z")