# Null scores on sorted query? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 24, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/null-scores-on-sorted-query/12923 "2013-07-24T18:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roy\_Russo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roy_russo/32/44835_2.png) [@Roy\_Russo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roy_Russo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/null-scores-on-sorted-query/12923/1 "2013-07-24T18:29:08Z")
I'm receiving null scores on sort queries (0.90.0). After reading a previous post ( [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elasticsearch/637bVXh6GMI](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elasticsearch/637bVXh6GMI)), it seems this is by design? This doesn't make sense to me, as scores reflect severity on match criteria, but wanted to confirm that this isn't some weirdness with my version of ES. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/null-scores-on-sorted-query/12923/2 "2013-07-25T10:07:10Z")
Hello Roy, Yes, when you sort, ES doesn't compute your scores to make the search faster. If you need the scores, you can use "track\_scores", as Ivan pointed out in the link you specified. Best regards, Radu On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Roy Russo [royrusso@gmail.com](mailto:royrusso@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm receiving null scores on sort queries (0.90.0). After reading a > previous post ( > [Redirecting to Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elasticsearch/637bVXh6GMI)), it > seems this is by design? > > This doesn't make sense to me, as scores reflect severity on match > criteria, but wanted to confirm that this isn't some weirdness with my > version of ES. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/null-scores-on-sorted-query/12923/3 "2017-07-06T02:24:36Z")