# Which fields are used for scoring?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-fields-are-used-for-scoring/313365>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 31, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-fields-are-used-for-scoring/313365 "2022-08-31T13:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![frankmehlhop.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@frankmehlhop.com](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frankmehlhop.com)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-fields-are-used-for-scoring/313365/1 "2022-08-31T13:25:40Z")

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I write doc's into Elastic with different fields.  
Only certain fields should be used for scoring.

Do I need to tell the index while creating it which fields need to be used for scoring  
or do I include this information at my query?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-fields-are-used-for-scoring/313365/2 "2022-09-06T01:49:22Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Scoring is calculated based on the fields that are queried.

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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:** [October 4, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-fields-are-used-for-scoring/313365/3 "2022-10-04T01:50:06Z")

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