I explain it this way: * fq: filtering * q: filtering and scoring * bq: scoring
wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Nov 12, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Nov 12, 2019, at 12:01 PM, rhys J <rhyssha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:57 AM Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> fq is a filter query, and thus narrows the result set provided by the q >>> down to what also matches all specified fq's. >>> >>> >> So this can be used instead of scoring? Or alongside scoring? > > That's right. Only `q` (and it's query parser associated params) are used > for scoring. fq's narrow the result set, but don't influence score. > > Erik >
