Re: Boosting specific field value
Actually, I _think_ you need to use a nested query for my idea, you can just use "LocalParams". &q={!lucene} your query in lucene syntax I think that'll work, I think you can use "LocalParams" directly in the 'q', no need for nested query. If it will, it avoids the escaping nightmares with nested queries. Ravi Kiran wrote: Awesome I also did not know about q.alt accepting lucene style...Thanks to both of you, Mr. Ackermann and Mr. Rockkind, I learnt a lot in just this thread than I have done in the last 6 months of reading and dealing with solr. As you folks pointed out q.alt and nested queries are both great options, I shall pursue them...asking a question on a forum is fun when you have knowledgeable people, isnt it??? That's true reuse of resources in software terms :-) , reuse of knowledge in developer space !!!. Ravi Kiran Bhaskar Principal Software Engineer The Washington Post On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Nice, I didn't know about q.alt. Or, alternately, yes, you could use a nested query, good call. Which, yes, I agree is kind of confusing at first. &qt=dismax # use dismax for the overall query &bq=whatever # so we can use bq, since we're using dismax &q=_query_:"{!lucene} solr-lucene syntax query" # but now make our entire 'q' a nested query, which is set to use lucene query parser. What gets really confusing there is that the nested query expression needs to be in quotes -- so if you need quotes within the actual query itself (say for a phrase), you need to escape them. And the whole thing needs to be URI-encoded, of course. It does get confusing, but is quite powerful. Jonathan From: Chantal Ackermann [chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:10 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value Hi Ravi, with dismax, use the parameter "q.alt" which expects standard lucene syntax (instead of "q"). If "q.alt" is present in the query, "q" is not required. Add the parameter "qt=dismax". Chantal On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 06:22 +0200, Ravi Kiran wrote: Hello Mr.Rochkind, I am using StandardRequestHandler so I presume I cannot use bq param right ?? Is there a way we can mix dismax and standardhandler i.e use lucene syntax for query and use dismax style for bq using localparams/nested queries? I remember seeing your post related to localparams and nested queries and got thoroughly confused On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jonathan Rochkind Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 ________ From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value Erick, I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the field "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a document To re-iterate, If my query is as follows q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can boost the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value in source field to be on top Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could rewrite the query as follows in a round about way q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that have source values too just that they will have a lower boost Thanks, Ravi Kiran Bhaskar On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson < erickerick...@gmail.com wrote: This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be understanding your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 As for boosting more recent documents, see: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents HTH Erick On Wed, S
Re: Boosting specific field value
Awesome I also did not know about q.alt accepting lucene style...Thanks to both of you, Mr. Ackermann and Mr. Rockkind, I learnt a lot in just this thread than I have done in the last 6 months of reading and dealing with solr. As you folks pointed out q.alt and nested queries are both great options, I shall pursue them...asking a question on a forum is fun when you have knowledgeable people, isnt it??? That's true reuse of resources in software terms :-) , reuse of knowledge in developer space !!!. Ravi Kiran Bhaskar Principal Software Engineer The Washington Post On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Nice, I didn't know about q.alt. Or, alternately, yes, you could use a > nested query, good call. Which, yes, I agree is kind of confusing at > first. > > &qt=dismax # use dismax for the overall query > &bq=whatever # so we can use bq, since we're using dismax > &q=_query_:"{!lucene} solr-lucene syntax query" # but now make our entire > 'q' a nested query, which is set to use lucene query parser. > > What gets really confusing there is that the nested query expression needs > to be in quotes -- so if you need quotes within the actual query itself (say > for a phrase), you need to escape them. And the whole thing needs to be > URI-encoded, of course. It does get confusing, but is quite powerful. > > Jonathan > > From: Chantal Ackermann [chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:10 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value > > Hi Ravi, > > with dismax, use the parameter "q.alt" which expects standard lucene > syntax (instead of "q"). If "q.alt" is present in the query, "q" is not > required. Add the parameter "qt=dismax". > > Chantal > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 06:22 +0200, Ravi Kiran wrote: > > Hello Mr.Rochkind, > >I am using StandardRequestHandler so I presume > I > > cannot use bq param right ?? Is there a way we can mix dismax and > > standardhandler i.e use lucene syntax for query and use dismax style for > bq > > using localparams/nested queries? I remember seeing your post related to > > localparams and nested queries and got thoroughly confused > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jonathan Rochkind >wrote: > > > > > Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? > > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 > > > > > > From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM > > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value > > > > > > Erick, > > > I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you > said > > > i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents > with > > > source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query > query > > > does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the > > > field > > > "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a > > > document > > > > > > To re-iterate, If my query is as follows > > > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR > "Photo > > > Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] > > > > > > and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can > > > boost > > > the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the > value > > > in > > > source field to be on top > > > > > > Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could > > > rewrite > > > the query as follows in a round about way > > > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR > "Photo > > > Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated > > > Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) > > > > > > Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs > that > > > have source values too just that they will have a lower boost > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ravi Kiran Bhaskar > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 P
RE: Boosting specific field value
Nice, I didn't know about q.alt. Or, alternately, yes, you could use a nested query, good call. Which, yes, I agree is kind of confusing at first. &qt=dismax # use dismax for the overall query &bq=whatever # so we can use bq, since we're using dismax &q=_query_:"{!lucene} solr-lucene syntax query" # but now make our entire 'q' a nested query, which is set to use lucene query parser. What gets really confusing there is that the nested query expression needs to be in quotes -- so if you need quotes within the actual query itself (say for a phrase), you need to escape them. And the whole thing needs to be URI-encoded, of course. It does get confusing, but is quite powerful. Jonathan From: Chantal Ackermann [chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:10 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value Hi Ravi, with dismax, use the parameter "q.alt" which expects standard lucene syntax (instead of "q"). If "q.alt" is present in the query, "q" is not required. Add the parameter "qt=dismax". Chantal On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 06:22 +0200, Ravi Kiran wrote: > Hello Mr.Rochkind, >I am using StandardRequestHandler so I presume I > cannot use bq param right ?? Is there a way we can mix dismax and > standardhandler i.e use lucene syntax for query and use dismax style for bq > using localparams/nested queries? I remember seeing your post related to > localparams and nested queries and got thoroughly confused > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > > Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 > > ____ > > From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value > > > > Erick, > > I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said > > i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with > > source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query > > does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the > > field > > "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a > > document > > > > To re-iterate, If my query is as follows > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > > Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] > > > > and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can > > boost > > the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value > > in > > source field to be on top > > > > Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could > > rewrite > > the query as follows in a round about way > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > > Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated > > Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) > > > > Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that > > have source values too just that they will have a lower boost > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ravi Kiran Bhaskar > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson > >wrote: > > > > > This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be > > > understanding > > > your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 > > > > > > As for boosting more recent documents, see: > > > > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents > > > > > > HTH > > > Erick > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > > > > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > > > > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) > > > pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > > > > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most > > interested > > > > in > > > > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents > > which > > > > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by > > > newer > > > > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > > > > other > > > > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on > > > these > > > > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > > > > StandardRequestHandler* > > > > > > > > >
Re: Boosting specific field value
Hi Ravi, with dismax, use the parameter "q.alt" which expects standard lucene syntax (instead of "q"). If "q.alt" is present in the query, "q" is not required. Add the parameter "qt=dismax". Chantal On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 06:22 +0200, Ravi Kiran wrote: > Hello Mr.Rochkind, >I am using StandardRequestHandler so I presume I > cannot use bq param right ?? Is there a way we can mix dismax and > standardhandler i.e use lucene syntax for query and use dismax style for bq > using localparams/nested queries? I remember seeing your post related to > localparams and nested queries and got thoroughly confused > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > > Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 > > > > From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value > > > > Erick, > > I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said > > i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with > > source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query > > does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the > > field > > "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a > > document > > > > To re-iterate, If my query is as follows > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > > Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] > > > > and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can > > boost > > the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value > > in > > source field to be on top > > > > Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could > > rewrite > > the query as follows in a round about way > > > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > > Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated > > Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) > > > > Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that > > have source values too just that they will have a lower boost > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ravi Kiran Bhaskar > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson > >wrote: > > > > > This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be > > > understanding > > > your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 > > > > > > As for boosting more recent documents, see: > > > > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents > > > > > > HTH > > > Erick > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > > > > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > > > > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) > > > pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > > > > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most > > interested > > > > in > > > > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents > > which > > > > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by > > > newer > > > > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > > > > other > > > > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on > > > these > > > > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > > > > StandardRequestHandler* > > > > > > > > >
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Hello Mr.Rochkind, I am using StandardRequestHandler so I presume I cannot use bq param right ?? Is there a way we can mix dismax and standardhandler i.e use lucene syntax for query and use dismax style for bq using localparams/nested queries? I remember seeing your post related to localparams and nested queries and got thoroughly confused On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 > > From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value > > Erick, > I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said > i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with > source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query > does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the > field > "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a > document > > To re-iterate, If my query is as follows > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] > > and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can > boost > the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value > in > source field to be on top > > Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could > rewrite > the query as follows in a round about way > > q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo > Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated > Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) > > Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that > have source values too just that they will have a lower boost > > Thanks, > > Ravi Kiran Bhaskar > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson >wrote: > > > This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be > > understanding > > your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 > > > > As for boosting more recent documents, see: > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents > > > > HTH > > Erick > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > > > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > > > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) > > pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > > > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most > interested > > > in > > > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents > which > > > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by > > newer > > > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > > > other > > > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on > > these > > > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > > > StandardRequestHandler* > > > > > >
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Maybe you are looking for the 'bq' (boost query) parameter in dismax? http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxQParserPlugin#bq_.28Boost_Query.29 From: Ravi Kiran [ravi.bhas...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Boosting specific field value Erick, I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the field "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a document To re-iterate, If my query is as follows q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can boost the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value in source field to be on top Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could rewrite the query as follows in a round about way q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that have source values too just that they will have a lower boost Thanks, Ravi Kiran Bhaskar On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson wrote: > This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be > understanding > your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 > > As for boosting more recent documents, see: > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents > > HTH > Erick > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran > wrote: > > > Hello, > >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) > pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most interested > > in > > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents which > > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by > newer > > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > > other > > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on > these > > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > > StandardRequestHandler* > > >
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Erick, I afraid you misinterpreted my issueif I query like you said i.e q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 I will ONLY get documents with source BBC or Associated Press...what I am asking is - if my query query does not deal with source at all but uses some other field...since the field "source" will be in the result , is there a way to still boost such a document To re-iterate, If my query is as follows q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery") pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] and say the resulting docs have "source" field, is there any way I can boost the resulting doc/docs that have either BBC/Associated Press as the value in source field to be on top Can a filter query (fq) have a boost ? if yes, then probably I could rewrite the query as follows in a round about way q=primarysection:(Politics* OR Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS TO NOW] (source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^10 OR -source:("BBC" OR "Associated Press")^5) Theoretically, I have to write source in the fq 2 times as I need docs that have source values too just that they will have a lower boost Thanks, Ravi Kiran Bhaskar On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Erick Erickson wrote: > This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be > understanding > your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 > > As for boosting more recent documents, see: > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents > > HTH > Erick > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran > wrote: > > > Hello, > >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) > pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most interested > > in > > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents which > > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by > newer > > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > > other > > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on > these > > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > > StandardRequestHandler* > > >
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This seems like a simple query-time boost, although I may not be understanding your problem well. That is, q=source(bbc OR "associated press")^10 As for boosting more recent documents, see: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents HTH Erick On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ravi Kiran wrote: > Hello, >I am currently querying solr for a "*primarysection*" which will > return documents like - *q=primarysection:(Politics* OR > Nation*)&fq=contenttype:("Blog" OR "Photo Gallery) pubdatetime:[NOW-3MONTHS > TO NOW]"*. Each document has several fields of which I am most interested > in > single valued field called "*source*" ...I want to boost documents which > contain "*source*" value say "Associated Press" OR "BBC" and also by newer > documents. The returned documents may have several other source values > other > than "BBC" or "Associated Press". since I specifically don't query on these > source values I am not sure how I can boost them, Iam using * > StandardRequestHandler* >