# Index time boost in multi\_field ignored? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 6, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278 "2013-11-06T01:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roytmana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roytmana/32/44855_2.png) [@roytmana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roytmana)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/1 "2013-11-06T01:12:36Z")
I am using multi\_field to combine several properties for searching instead of using \_all It looks like boost specified in my secondary fields are ignored. It worked fine with \_all but not with multifield here is the snippet where I put very low boost for my all field (I feed dozens of properties into it with different boosts) but it has no effect ``` "type": { "dynamic": "true", "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "include_in_all": false }, "name": { "type": "multi_field", "path": "just_name", "fields": { "name": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.3 }, "all": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.01 }, "all_stem": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.01 } } } } } ``` -- 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:** ![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:** [November 6, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/2 "2013-11-06T03:09:26Z")
How do you build your query? Could you gist a full curl recreation? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 6 nov. 2013 à 02:12, AlexR [roytmana@gmail.com](mailto:roytmana@gmail.com) a écrit : I am using multi\_field to combine several properties for searching instead of using \_all It looks like boost specified in my secondary fields are ignored. It worked fine with \_all but not with multifield here is the snippet where I put very low boost for my all field (I feed dozens of properties into it with different boosts) but it has no effect ``` "type": { "dynamic": "true", "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "include_in_all": false }, "name": { "type": "multi_field", "path": "just_name", "fields": { "name": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.3 }, "all": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.01 }, "all_stem": { "type": "string", "index_options": "offsets", "boost": 0.01 } } } } } ``` -- 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). -- 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:** ![roytmana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roytmana/32/44855_2.png) [@roytmana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roytmana)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/3 "2013-11-06T03:27:23Z")
{ "query": { "bool": { "should": [ { "match": { "all": { "query": "call", "type": "phrase", "slop": 1, "boost": 1.2, "analyzer": "stemmed\_no\_original" } } }, { "match": { "all": { "query": "call", "operator": "and", "analyzer": "stemmed\_no\_original" } } } ] } } } if i replace "all" with "\_all" it works as expected (as far as boosts) prioritizing data supplied by other properties to my "all" multi\_field but when using my all everything is mixed together with no regard to boosts. I should emphasize that mapping sample above is just a small part of my mapping where many properties contribute to the same all and all\_stem multi\_fields and I was hoping to control importance by using boost like I did when I used \_all. If you think it should work, I will work on a simple recreation tomorrow. I will need to do it from scratch as my mapping is way to big On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 8:12:36 PM UTC-5, AlexR wrote: > I am using multi\_field to combine several properties for searching instead > of using \_all > It looks like boost specified in my secondary fields are ignored. It > worked fine with \_all but not with multifield > > here is the snippet where I put very low boost for my all field (I feed > dozens of properties into it with different boosts) but it has no effect > > ``` > "type": { > "dynamic": "true", > "properties": { > "id": { > "type": "integer", > "include_in_all": false > }, > "name": { > "type": "multi_field", > "path": "just_name", > "fields": { > "name": { > "type": "string", > "index_options": "offsets", > "boost": 0.3 > }, > "all": { > "type": "string", > "index_options": "offsets", > "boost": 0.01 > }, > "all_stem": { > "type": "string", > "index_options": "offsets", > "boost": 0.01 > } > } > } > } > } > > ``` -- 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:** ![roytmana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roytmana/32/44855_2.png) [@roytmana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roytmana)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/4 "2013-11-06T03:48:44Z")
here a gist of my mappings: [https://gist.github.com/roytmana/7330531](https://gist.github.com/roytmana/7330531) Please let me know if you think boosting should work on all and all\_stem fields and I will work on recreation -- 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:** ![roytmana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roytmana/32/44855_2.png) [@roytmana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roytmana)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/5 "2013-11-06T04:40:54Z")
here is recreation gist and query results > On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:48:44 PM UTC-5, AlexR wrote: > here a gist of my mappings: [create-award-index-gen.json · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/roytmana/7330531) > > Please let me know if you think boosting should work on all and all\_stem > fields and I will work on recreation -- 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, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-boost-in-multi-field-ignored/14278/6 "2017-07-06T02:08:37Z")