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**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884 "2012-03-05T05:11:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884/1 "2012-03-05T05:11:37Z")

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I am trying to use boostinq query.

{  
"boosting" : {  
"positive" : {  
"term" : {  
"field1" : "value1"  
}  
},  
"negative" : {  
"term" : {  
"field2" : "value2"  
}  
},  
"negative\_boost" : 0.2  
}  
}

I have understood it but could you tell me how does negative or  
positive boost value is evaluated with the document.

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884/2 "2012-03-05T15:17:42Z")

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Use explain to see how the score is calculated: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/explain.html).

On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:11 AM, jajoria abhishek wrote:

> I am trying to use boostinq query.
> 
> { "boosting" : { "positive" : { "term" : { "field1" : "value1" } }, "negative" : { "term" : { "field2" : "value2" } }, "negative\_boost" : 0.2 } }  
> I have understood it but could you tell me how does negative or positive boost value is evaluated with the document.

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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884/3 "2012-03-07T12:06:08Z")

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> Use explain to see how the score is calculated:  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/explain.html).
> 
> On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:11 AM, jajoria abhishek wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use boostinq query.
> 
> {  
> "boosting" : {  
> "positive" : {  
> "term" : {  
> "field1" : "value1"  
> }  
> },  
> "negative" : {  
> "term" : {  
> "field2" : "value2"  
> }  
> },  
> "negative\_boost" : 0.2  
> }  
> }
> 
> I have understood it but could you tell me how does negative or positive boost value is evaluated with the document.
> 
> how does negative boost work in boosting query?

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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, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-subject/6884/4 "2017-07-06T03:36:51Z")

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