# Random\_score page consistency **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-score-page-consistency/14526 "2013-11-21T22:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joanna\_Kochaniak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@Joanna\_Kochaniak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joanna_Kochaniak)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-score-page-consistency/14526/1 "2013-11-21T22:22:55Z")
I'd like to use random\_score in the function\_score query to recreate pages of results, but I'm wondering whether the results will really be consistent. If I use the same seed, the random numbers generated will be the same. But, are documents in ES always scored in the same order? Will the scores generated by the random function be applied to the same documents every time (assuming I haven't reindexed)? What worries me is the comment here[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1170#issuecomment-22819670](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1170#issuecomment-22819670) that says, "or with a seed (for near-consistent pagination)", in particular the word _near-consistent_. Will the pages returned by random\_score be consistent or near-consistent? -- 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, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-score-page-consistency/14526/2 "2017-07-06T02:05:34Z")