# Multi-match query : how to improve results?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-query-how-to-improve-results/13123
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 8, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-query-how-to-improve-results/13123 "2013-08-08T08:38:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Damien\_Ferey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Damien_Ferey)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-query-how-to-improve-results/13123/1 "2013-08-08T08:38:24Z")
Hello,
I've got a list of schools indexed in my Elasticsearch, and I use it as a
source for a form field autocompletion.
There are two main fields : description & city.
(these two fields are fully ngram indexed)
Here are sample data:
| description | city |
+-------------+-----------+
| COLLEGE FOO | Paris |
| COLLEGE BAR | Marseille |
| LYCEE DUMMY | Lyon |
Here is the query I'm using :
QueryBuilder queryNgram = QueryBuilders.multiMatchQuery(queryString,
"description",
"city"
)
.tieBreaker(1f)
When I start searching "_coll_" =\> OK, Elasticsearch retrives both colleges.
When I search"_coll foo_" or "_coll bar_" however, both colleges are still
retrieved, and both have the same score.
Is it possible to increase score when multiple tokens of a field are
matched ?
(when I type "_coll foo_", I would like that "_COLLEGE FOO_" have an higher
score than "_COLLEGE BAR_")
(when I type "_coll bar_", I would like that "_COLLEGE BAR_" have an higher
score than "_COLLEGE FOO_")
(and yes, I still want to search among both description and city)
Thank you !
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### Author:  [@Damien\_Ferey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Damien_Ferey)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-query-how-to-improve-results/13123/2 "2013-08-08T12:13:10Z")
my fault, Elasticsearch returns results with higher score as I wanted, it's
my js stack that sorted items by id afterward...
problem solved...
Damien
Le jeudi 8 août 2013 10:38:24 UTC+2, Damien Ferey a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I've got a list of schools indexed in my Elasticsearch, and I use it as a
> source for a form field autocompletion.
>
> There are two main fields : description & city.
> (these two fields are fully ngram indexed)
>
> Here are sample data:
>
> | description | city |
> +-------------+-----------+
> | COLLEGE FOO | Paris |
> | COLLEGE BAR | Marseille |
> | LYCEE DUMMY | Lyon |
>
> Here is the query I'm using :
>
> QueryBuilder queryNgram = QueryBuilders.multiMatchQuery(queryString,
> "description",
> "city"
> )
> .tieBreaker(1f)
>
> When I start searching "_coll_" =\> OK, Elasticsearch retrives both
> colleges.
>
> When I search"_coll foo_" or "_coll bar_" however, both colleges are
> still retrieved, and both have the same score.
> Is it possible to increase score when multiple tokens of a field are
> matched ?
> (when I type "_coll foo_", I would like that "_COLLEGE FOO_" have an
> higher score than "_COLLEGE BAR_")
> (when I type "_coll bar_", I would like that "_COLLEGE BAR_" have an
> higher score than "_COLLEGE FOO_")
>
> (and yes, I still want to search among both description and city)
>
> Thank you !
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-query-how-to-improve-results/13123/3 "2017-07-06T02:22:08Z")