Hi Jayant, Did you check Function Queries in solr? I am not sure but It would solve your problem in this case. Functions Queries are a way to affect scoring according to different factors like page view etc. http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FunctionQuery
Jak On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jayant Patil <jayan...@peopleinteractive.in> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your reply. > > In our case as products get added or deleted, the DocFreq of a particular > category changes. > For example, if today we have total 100 Docs and out of these 50 are > Electronics, 30 are Mobile Phones and 20 are Electricals. This may vary > next week or any other day, such that 50 are Mobile Phones 20 Are > Electronics and 30 are Electricals. In such a scenario, increasing the > boost factor will not work as intended. > > Regards, > Jayant > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jak Akdemir <jakde...@gmail.com> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org, jayan...@peopleinteractive.in > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:13:22 +0300 > Subject: Re: Issue with Solr Boosting > >> I think if you don't need to add more categories, just increasing >> boost factor of Electronics would work. >> As you said because of DocFreq of "Mobile Phones", scoring algorithm >> is working as expected way. >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Jayant Patil >> <jayan...@peopleinteractive.in> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > We are using Solr for our searches. We are facing issues while >> applying >> > boost on particular fields. >> > E.g. >> > We have a field Category, which contains values like Electronics, >> > Computers, Home Appliances, Mobile Phones etc. >> > We want to boost the category Electronics and Mobile Phones, we are >> using >> > the following query >> > (category:Electronics^2 OR category:Mobile Phones^1 OR category:[* TO >> *]^0) >> > >> > The results are unexpected as Category Mobile Phones gets more boost >> than >> > Electronics even if we are specifying the boost factor 2 for >> electronics >> > and 1 for mobile phones respectively. >> > On debugging we found that DocFreq is manipulating the scores and >> hence >> > affecting the overall boost. The no. of docs for mobile phones is >> much >> > lower than that for electronics and solr is giving higher score to >> mobile >> > phones for this reason. >> > >> > Please suggest a solution. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Jayant >> > >> > >> > >> *********************************************************************** >> ********* >> > People Interactive DISCLAIMER and CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION >> > >> *********************************************************************** >> ********* >> > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >> are addressed. Unauthorized reading, dissemination, distribution or >> copying of this communication is prohibited. If you are not the >> intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action >> taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may >> be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and promptly destroy the original communication. >> Thank you for your cooperation. >> > >> > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are >> solely those of the author and may not necessarily represent those of >> the company. Communicating through email is not secure and capable of >> interception, corruption and delays. Anyone communicating with People >> Interactive (I) Private Limited by email accepts the risks involved and >> their consequences. The recipient should check this email and any >> attachments for the presence of viruses. People Interactive (I) Private >> Limited accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus >> transmitted by this email. >> > >> > > > >
