# \-ve boosting documents at index time **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144 "2013-03-13T21:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amit\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amit_patel/32/2323_2.png) [@Amit\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit_Patel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/1 "2013-03-13T21:44:17Z")
I would like to know if its possible to down weight some of the documents at index time, based on list of terms? Lets say I have a document containing following fileds: th\_name, th\_description, th\_show\_title I want to down weight anything which has "news" in the filed "th\_name". So when I search for news, all docs having "news" in the "th\_name" filed will have less score than other docs with "news" in th\_description. -- 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:** ![Amit\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amit_patel/32/2323_2.png) [@Amit\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit_Patel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/2 "2013-03-14T01:10:54Z")
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/3 "2013-03-14T07:03:57Z")
Use mapping. See boost in [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/core-types.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/core-types.html) -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 13 mars 2013 à 22:44, Amit Patel [avpatel.257@gmail.com](mailto:avpatel.257@gmail.com) a écrit : I would like to know if its possible to down weight some of the documents at index time, based on list of terms? Lets say I have a document containing following fileds: th\_name, th\_description, th\_show\_title ## I want to down weight anything which has "news" in the filed "th\_name". So when I search for news, all docs having "news" in the "th\_name" filed will have less score than other docs with "news" in th\_description. 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). -- 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:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/4 "2013-03-14T11:23:12Z")
On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 18:10 -0700, Amit Patel wrote: > Anyone? Please don't spam the list just a few hours after asking the original question. -- 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:** ![Amit\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amit_patel/32/2323_2.png) [@Amit\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit_Patel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/5 "2013-03-14T19:58:26Z")
Thanks David. You saved me a lot of time. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:03:57 AM UTC-4, David Pilato wrote: > Use mapping. See boost in > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/core-types.html) > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 13 mars 2013 à 22:44, Amit Patel \<[avpat...@gmail.com](mailto:avpat...@gmail.com) \\> a > écrit : > > I would like to know if its possible to down weight some of the documents > at index time, based on list of terms? > Lets say I have a document containing following fileds: > th\_name, > th\_description, > th\_show\_title > > I want to down weight anything which has "news" in the filed "th\_name". So > when I search for news, all docs having "news" in the "th\_name" filed will > have less score than other docs with "news" in th\_description. > > -- > 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) \. > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ve-boosting-documents-at-index-time/11144/6 "2017-07-06T02:46:22Z")