# Is it Possible to Boost Specific Fields Using Cross Fields?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-boost-specific-fields-using-cross-fields/157992>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 23, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-boost-specific-fields-using-cross-fields/157992 "2018-11-23T10:56:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![maryam\_abdullah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@maryam\_abdullah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maryam_abdullah)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-boost-specific-fields-using-cross-fields/157992/1 "2018-11-23T10:56:29Z")

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Hey,

While ready the documentation, I came across this sentence:  
Note that `cross_fields` is usually only useful on short string fields that all have a `boost` of `1`.

I want to know if it's possible to boost specific fields when using cross fields method, and if so, is it useful?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-boost-specific-fields-using-cross-fields/157992/2 "2018-12-21T10:57:13Z")

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