Maybe some things to try:
* make sure your uniqueKey is string field type (ie if using int it will not
work)
* forceElevation to true (if sorting)
- Jon
On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:34 AM, Ryan Grange wrote:
> Using Solr 1.4.
> Was using the standard query handler, but needed the boost by field
> functionality of qf from dismax.
> So we altered the query to boost certain phrases against a given field.
> We were using QueryElevationComponent ("elevator" from solrconfig.xml) for
> one particular entry we wanted at the top, but because we aren't using a pure
> q value, elevator never finds a match to boost. We didn't realize it at the
> time because the record we were elevating eventually became the top response
> anyway.
> Recently added a _val_:formula to the q value to juice records based on a
> value in the record.
> Now we have need to push a few other records to the top, but we've lost the
> ability to use elevate.xml to do it.
>
> Tried switching to dismax using qf, pf, qs, ps, and bf with a "pure" q value,
> and debug showed queryBoost with a match and records, but they weren't moved
> to the top of the result set.
>
> What would really help is if there was something for elevator akin to
> spellcheck.q like elevation.q so I could pass in the actual user phrase while
> still performing all the other field score boosts in the q parameter.
> Alternatively, if anyone can explain why I'm running into problems getting
> QueryElevationComponent to move the results in a dismax query, I'd be very
> thankful.
>
> --
> Ryan T. Grange
>
