I strongly suspect you're making a false correlation between insertion time and results. Or you somehow have a sort by date clause. Solr does not do anything to automatically consider recency, you have to tell it to...
Best, Erick On Jun 21, 2016 2:51 AM, "Megha Bhandari" <mbhanda...@sapient.com> wrote: > We have the following in solrconfig.xml, nothing related to timestamp > > <requestHandler name="/elevate" class="solr.SearchHandler" startup="lazy"> > <lst name="defaults"> > <str name="defType">edismax</str> > <str name="qf"> > metatag.keywords^900000.1 metatag.description^500000.1 > title^10000.1 h1^1000.7 h2^700.6 h3^10.1 h4^5.4 h5^1.3 h6^1.2 _text_^1.0 > </str> > ---------------- > And the explain query doesn’t mention anything wrt to timestamp > > '/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/qa_workarea/Silver-Choice-5000-E.pdf'=>' > 0.050655644 = max of: > 0.050655644 = weight(title:florida in 0) [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > 0.050655644 = score(doc=0,freq=1.0), product of: > 0.0075930804 = queryWeight, product of: > 10000.1 = boost > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 6.6712904 = fieldWeight in 0, product of: > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 1.0 = fieldNorm(doc=0) > 3.462133E-7 = weight(_text_:florida in 0) [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > 3.462133E-7 = score(doc=0,freq=2.0), product of: > 4.222856E-7 = queryWeight, product of: > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 0.8198558 = fieldWeight in 0, product of: > 1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of: > 2.0 = termFreq=2.0 > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > 0.15625 = fieldNorm(doc=0) > ', > 'https://10.209.5.171/contact-us/florida'=>' > 0.02968075 = max of: > 0.0011872416 = weight(title:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], result > of: > 0.0011872416 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > 0.0075930804 = queryWeight, product of: > 10000.1 = boost > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 0.15635836 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 0.0234375 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > 5.724965E-9 = weight(_text_:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], result > of: > 5.724965E-9 = score(doc=380,freq=14.0), product of: > 4.222856E-7 = queryWeight, product of: > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 0.013557092 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > 3.7416575 = tf(freq=14.0), with freq of: > 14.0 = termFreq=14.0 > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > 9.765625E-4 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > 8.445298E-5 = weight(h1:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > 8.445298E-5 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > 8.387785E-4 = queryWeight, product of: > 1000.7 = boost > 7.3644376 = idf(docFreq=10, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 0.10068567 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > 7.3644376 = idf(docFreq=10, maxDocs=6389) > 0.013671875 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > 0.02968075 = weight(metatag.description:florida in 380) > [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > 0.02968075 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > 0.3796503 = queryWeight, product of: > 500000.1 = boost > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > 0.07817918 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > 0.01171875 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > ', > > So not able to fathom what is going wrong. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexandre Rafalovitch [mailto:arafa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 1:50 PM > To: solr-user > Subject: Re: Solr 5.5 | Field boosting not working as per expectation > > Sounds strange. > > Are you absolutely sure this insertion-time factor is not something > you are doing explicitly? I would add debug=all parameter to see that > you don't have some unexpectedly-complex biasing formula hiding in > solrconfig.xml parameter. > > Regards, > Alex. > ---- > Newsletter and resources for Solr beginners and intermediates: > http://www.solr-start.com/ > > > On 21 June 2016 at 16:53, Megha Bhandari <mbhanda...@sapient.com> wrote: > > After further investigation we have found that latest inserted documents > are getting higher priority and coming on top of the search results and > ignoring the field boosting in case the time difference of document > insertion is a day. > > > > Is there a configuration to switch off insertion time factor. As per our > understanding field boosting should take precedence. > > > > Thanks in advance for any inputs you can give. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Megha Bhandari [mailto:mbhanda...@sapient.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 4:37 PM > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Solr 5.5 | Field boosting not working as per expectation > > > > Hi > > > > Problem statement : metatag.description field has highest boost and > documents with a match in this field should come first. However > Silver-Choice-5000-E.pdf comes before /contact-us/florida even though the > search term matches more fields in the /contact-us/florida page. In > Silver-Choice-5000-E.pdf matches are found in title and _text fields. In > /contact-us/florida matches are found in metatag.description,title,h1,_text > fields. > > > > We have the following in solrconfig.xml > > > > <requestHandler name="/elevate" class="solr.SearchHandler" > startup="lazy"> > > <lst name="defaults"> > > <str name="defType">edismax</str> > > <str name="qf"> > > metatag.keywords^900000.1 metatag.description^500000.1 > title^10000.1 h1^1000.7 h2^700.6 h3^10.1 h4^5.4 h5^1.3 h6^1.2 _text_^1.0 > > </str> > > > > When searching for Florida we get the following results. > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > { > > > > > 'id'=>'/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/qa_workarea/Silver-Choice-5000-E.pdf', > > > > 'title'=>'Florida', > > > > 'metatag.description'=>'mental health', > > > > 'itemtype'=>'pdf', > > > > 'playerid'=>'', > > > > 'playerkey'=>'', > > > > 'metatag.topresultthumbnailalt'=>'Florida', > > > > 'lang'=>'en', > > > > 'metatag.hideininternalsearch'=>'false'}, > > > > { > > > > 'lang'=>'en', > > > > 'metatag.topresultthumbnailurl'=>'', > > > > 'id'=>'https://10.209.5.171/contact-us/florida', > > > > 'title'=>'Florida', > > > > 'metatag.topresultthumbnailalt'=>'', > > > > 'metatag.hideininternalsearch'=>'false', > > > > 'metatag.description'=>'Contact UnitedHealthcare in Florida.'} > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > With following debug information > > > > '/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/qa_workarea/Silver-Choice-5000-E.pdf'=>' > > 0.050655644 = max of: > > 0.050655644 = weight(title:florida in 0) [ClassicSimilarity], result > of: > > 0.050655644 = score(doc=0,freq=1.0), product of: > > 0.0075930804 = queryWeight, product of: > > 10000.1 = boost > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 6.6712904 = fieldWeight in 0, product of: > > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.0 = fieldNorm(doc=0) > > 3.462133E-7 = weight(_text_:florida in 0) [ClassicSimilarity], result > of: > > 3.462133E-7 = score(doc=0,freq=2.0), product of: > > 4.222856E-7 = queryWeight, product of: > > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 0.8198558 = fieldWeight in 0, product of: > > 1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of: > > 2.0 = termFreq=2.0 > > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > > 0.15625 = fieldNorm(doc=0) > > ', > > 'https://10.209.5.171/contact-us/florida'=>' > > 0.02968075 = max of: > > 0.0011872416 = weight(title:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], > result of: > > 0.0011872416 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > > 0.0075930804 = queryWeight, product of: > > 10000.1 = boost > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 0.15635836 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 0.0234375 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > > 5.724965E-9 = weight(_text_:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], > result of: > > 5.724965E-9 = score(doc=380,freq=14.0), product of: > > 4.222856E-7 = queryWeight, product of: > > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 0.013557092 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > > 3.7416575 = tf(freq=14.0), with freq of: > > 14.0 = termFreq=14.0 > > 3.710244 = idf(docFreq=424, maxDocs=6389) > > 9.765625E-4 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > > 8.445298E-5 = weight(h1:florida in 380) [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > > 8.445298E-5 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > > 8.387785E-4 = queryWeight, product of: > > 1000.7 = boost > > 7.3644376 = idf(docFreq=10, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 0.10068567 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > > 7.3644376 = idf(docFreq=10, maxDocs=6389) > > 0.013671875 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > > 0.02968075 = weight(metatag.description:florida in 380) > [ClassicSimilarity], result of: > > 0.02968075 = score(doc=380,freq=1.0), product of: > > 0.3796503 = queryWeight, product of: > > 500000.1 = boost > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 1.1381613E-7 = queryNorm > > 0.07817918 = fieldWeight in 380, product of: > > 1.0 = tf(freq=1.0), with freq of: > > 1.0 = termFreq=1.0 > > 6.6712904 = idf(docFreq=21, maxDocs=6389) > > 0.01171875 = fieldNorm(doc=380) > > ', > > > > Thanks for any help in understanding and tuning Solr to behave correctly. > > > > Regards > > Megha >
