Could you do a basic boost query with a list of all those document ids. If they are in results, their relevance is boosted. If they are not, they are just ignored.
You could have that boost query configured in the solrconfig.xml or passed in by a client. Regards, Alex ---- http://www.solr-start.com/ - Resources for Solr users, new and experienced On 3 February 2017 at 12:06, Alexandre Drouin <alexandre.dro...@orckestra.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am developing a new feature in my product where an administrator can select > a list of documents for different sections of the application. You can think > of this feature as the classic categorization in an e-commerce site (e.g.: > Boots, Headgear, etc). Since this categorization is different depending on > the section/category I cannot easily store which documents are promoted in > Solr itself. I know ahead of time which documents should be promoted for > which section so I would like to know if there is a way to "pass" these > documents to Solr and have them at the top of the list if they are found in > the search results. > > For example let's say that I have the following documents: > - Doc1 (name: A, Age: 12) > - Doc2 (name: B, Age: 24) > - Doc3 (name: C, Age: 36) > > I would like to promote Doc3 at the top of the list and if someone search for > "name:B" or "Age:12" the results should not include Doc3 because it did not > match the query. > > I looked at QueryElevationComponent and it doesn't do exactly what I want: > the component is based on a "query" and this query can be different in my use > case. I know I can use the "elevatedIds" parameter to elevate documents > however they are always elevated even if they are not present in the search > results. > > Is it possible to achieve what I need with Solr? I am using Solr 4.10.2 > > Thanks! > > > Alexandre Drouin
