# Unable to get function\_score to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-function-score-to-work/16808 "2014-04-03T20:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srinivasan_ramaswamy/32/74106_2.png) [@Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivasan_Ramaswamy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-function-score-to-work/16808/1 "2014-04-03T20:03:04Z")
Hi I just started playing around with elastic search and I am trying out the examples in the website with my data. I am trying to get custom scoring working. I am following the example from [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/query-dsl-function-score-query.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/query-dsl-function-score-query.html) But unable to get the example working { "query" : { "function\_score": { "boost\_mode": "replace", "query": {"design.PRODUCT\_DESC":"cool"}, "script\_score": { "params": { "param1": 2, "param2": 3.1 }, "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, param2)" } } } } I tried this query and i get the error Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParsingException: [designs] [\_na] query malformed, no field after start\_object at org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:216) at org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.FunctionScoreQueryParser.parse(FunctionScoreQueryParser.java:89) at org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:223) at org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:330) at org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:260) at org.elasticsearch.search.query.QueryParseElement.parse(QueryParseElement.java:33) at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java:622) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Srini -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![luizgpsantos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luizgpsantos/32/608_2.png) [@luizgpsantos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luizgpsantos)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-function-score-to-work/16808/2 "2014-04-03T20:55:57Z")
Hi Srinivasan, It seems your intern "query" is malformed. Try this: { "query": { "function\_score": { "boost\_mode": "replace", "query": { "match\_all": {} }, "script\_score": { "params": { "param1": 2, "param2": 3.1 }, "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, param2)" } } } } Cheers, Luiz Guilherme On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Srinivasan Ramaswamy [ursvasan@gmail.com](mailto:ursvasan@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi > > I just started playing around with Elasticsearch and I am trying out the > examples in the website with my data. I am trying to get custom scoring > working. I am following the example from > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/query-dsl-function-score-query.html) > > But unable to get the example working > > { > "query" : { > "function\_score": { > "boost\_mode": "replace", > "query": {"design.PRODUCT\_DESC":"cool"}, > "script\_score": { > "params": { > "param1": 2, > "param2": 3.1 > }, > "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, > param2)" > } > } > } > } > > I tried this query and i get the error > > Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParsingException: [designs] > [\_na] query malformed, no field after start\_object > > at > org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:216) > > at > org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.FunctionScoreQueryParser.parse(FunctionScoreQueryParser.java:89) > > at > org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:223) > > at > org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:330) > > at > org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:260) > > at > org.elasticsearch.search.query.QueryParseElement.parse(QueryParseElement.java:33) > > at > org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java:622) > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Srini > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- Luiz Guilherme P. Santos -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMdL%3DZGr12cwOJ\_3DXUfPFefn\_jmWhbj95wXw%3D2UZVQiZkTE1Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMdL%3DZGr12cwOJ_3DXUfPFefn_jmWhbj95wXw%3D2UZVQiZkTE1Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srinivasan_ramaswamy/32/74106_2.png) [@Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivasan_Ramaswamy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-function-score-to-work/16808/3 "2014-04-03T21:29:50Z")
Thanks Luiz, that was really helpful 🙂 The examples in the guide could be made more helpful. After you pointed out the the location of the error I got it working with { "query": { "function\_score": { "boost\_mode": "replace", "query": { "match": { "design.PRODUCT\_DESC":"cool"} }, "script\_score": { "params": { "param1": 2, "param2": 3.1 }, "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, param2)" } } } } Thanks Srini On Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:55:57 PM UTC-7, Luiz Guilherme wrote: > Hi Srinivasan, > > It seems your intern "query" is malformed. Try this: > > { > "query": { > "function\_score": { > "boost\_mode": "replace", > "query": { > "match\_all": {} > }, > "script\_score": { > "params": { > "param1": 2, > "param2": 3.1 > }, > "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, > param2)" > } > } > } > } > > Cheers, > Luiz Guilherme > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Srinivasan Ramaswamy \<[ursv...@gmail.com](mailto:ursv...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I just started playing around with Elasticsearch and I am trying out the > > examples in the website with my data. I am trying to get custom scoring > > working. I am following the example from > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/query-dsl-function-score-query.html) > > > > But unable to get the example working > > > > { > > "query" : { > > "function\_score": { > > "boost\_mode": "replace", > > "query": {"design.PRODUCT\_DESC":"cool"}, > > "script\_score": { > > "params": { > > "param1": 2, > > "param2": 3.1 > > }, > > "script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1, > > param2)" > > } > > } > > } > > } > > > > I tried this query and i get the error > > > > Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParsingException: [designs] > > [\_na] query malformed, no field after start\_object > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:216) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.FunctionScoreQueryParser.parse(FunctionScoreQueryParser.java:89) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:223) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:330) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.index.query.IndexQueryParserService.parse(IndexQueryParserService.java:260) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.search.query.QueryParseElement.parse(QueryParseElement.java:33) > > > > at > > org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService.parseSource(SearchService.java:622) > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Srini > > > > -- > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/16a38015-eaed-45af-9ad3-c474521b81a8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Luiz Guilherme P. Santos -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ae06fe2-2dfd-4a5c-920d-c2496c58c01b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6ae06fe2-2dfd-4a5c-920d-c2496c58c01b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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