Multi field match with boosting and fuzziness

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Hi,

Say I have a database of car models containing brand and model

Brand Model
Foo Bar
Foo Baz

So if I search for a Foo Bar I want only the first document to match. If I search for just Foo both documents above must be returned. Each field must be fuzzy and boosted.

  • The multi_match best_fields query will not work because with AND operator it will all terms must be present int a single field. With OR operator it will return document even if only single field matches when two are requested.
  • Copying fields into an "all" field will not work because individual fields cannot be boosted
  • The multi_match cross_fields query will not work because neither fuzziness, nor boosting are supported.
  • combined_fields does not support fuzziness

So what are my options?

Thanks in advance.

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@Tim6

Have you tried something with Query String query?

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You can use copyto in mapping to copy both brand and model to a new field and use the new field in your match query with and operator. However with fuzziness bar might also match baz since the fuzziness corrects bar to baz.

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