# Is it possible to set position\_offset\_gap for \_all field?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-position-offset-gap-for--all-field/11706>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 26, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-position-offset-gap-for--all-field/11706 "2013-04-26T15:44:16Z")\
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**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:** [April 26, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-position-offset-gap-for--all-field/11706/1 "2013-04-26T15:44:16Z")

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It would be very valuable when doing phrase queries against all to  
de-emphasize phrases overlapping separate fields in it

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**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:** [April 26, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-position-offset-gap-for--all-field/11706/2 "2013-04-26T18:23:16Z")

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since \_all field will honor individual fields boosts, wouldn't it be  
possible to inject gaps between each fields as well?

On Friday, April 26, 2013 11:44:16 AM UTC-4, AlexR wrote:

> It would be very valuable when doing phrase queries against all to  
> de-emphasize phrases overlapping separate fields in it

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-set-position-offset-gap-for--all-field/11706/3 "2017-07-06T02:39:27Z")

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