Eric, Thank you so much for the reply and apologize for not providing all the details.
The following are the field definitons in my schema.xml: <field name="title" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" omitNorms="false" /> <field name="author" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true" /> <field name="authortype" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true" /> <field name="isbn13" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="isbn10" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="material" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="pubdate" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="pubyear" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="reldate" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true" /> <field name="format" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="pages" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true" /> <field name="desc" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="series" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="season" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="imprint" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="bisacsub" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true" /> <field name="bisacstatus" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true" /> <field name="category" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true" /> <field name="award" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true" /> <field name="age" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="reading" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="grade" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="path" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true" /> <field name="shortdesc" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" /> <field name="subtitle" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" omitNorms="true"/> <field name="price" type="float" indexed="true" stored="true"/> <field name="searchFields" type="textSpell" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" omitNorms="true"/> Copy Fields: <copyField source="title" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="author" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="isbn13" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="isbn10" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="format" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="series" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="season" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="imprint" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="bisacsub" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="category" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="award" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="shortdesc" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="desc" dest="searchFields"/> <copyField source="subtitle" dest="searchFields"/> <defaultSearchField>searchFields</defaultSearchField> Before creating the indexes I feed XML file to the Solr job to create index files. I added Boost attribute to the title field before creating indexes and an example is below: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><add><doc><field name="material">1785440</field><field boost="10.0" name="title">Each Little Bird That Sings</field><field name="price">16.0</field><field name="isbn10">0152051139</field><field name="isbn13">9780152051136</field><field name="format">Hardcover</field><field name="pubdate">2005-03-01</field><field name="pubyear">2005</field><field name="reldate">2005-02-22</field><field name="pages">272</field><field name="bisacstatus">Active</field><field name="season">Spring 2005</field><field name="imprint">Children's</field><field name="age">8.0-12.0</field><field name="grade">3-6</field><field name="author">Marla Frazee</field><field name="authortype">Jacket Illustrator</field><field name="author">Deborah Wiles</field><field name="authortype">Author</field><field name="bisacsub">Social Issues/Friendship</field><field name="bisacsub">Social Issues/General (see also headings under Family)</field><field name="bisacsub">General</field><field name="bisacsub">Girls & Women</field><field name="category">Fiction/Middle Grade</field><field name="category">Fiction/Award Winners</field><field name="category">Coming of Age</field><field name="category">Social Situations/Death & Dying</field><field name="category">Social Situations/Friendship</field><field name="path">/assets/product/0152051139.gif</field><field name="desc"><div>Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead--just like that--six months later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so she thinks. She's more concerned with avoiding her crazy cousin Peach and trying to figure out why her best friend, Declaration, suddenly won't talk to her. Life is full of surprises. And the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.<br> <br>Deborah Wiles has created a unique, funny, and utterly real cast of characters in this heartfelt, and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel. Comfort will charm young readers with her wit, her warmth, and her struggles as she learns about life, loss, and ultimately, triumph.<br></div></field><field name="shortdesc">Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger learns about life's surprises in this funny, poignant, and very Southern coming-of-age story.</field></doc><doc><field name="material">1195443</field><field boost="10.0" name="title">Baby Bear's Chairs</field><field name="price">16.0</field><field name="isbn10">0152051147</field><field name="isbn13">9780152051143</field><field name="format">Hardcover</field><field name="pubdate">2005-09-01</field><field name="pubyear">2005</field><field name="reldate">2005-08-01</field><field name="pages">40</field><field name="bisacstatus">Active</field><field name="season">Fall 2005</field><field name="imprint">Children's</field><field name="age">2.0-5.0</field><field name="grade">P-K</field><field name="author">Jane Yolen</field><field name="authortype">Author</field><field name="author">Melissa Sweet</field><field name="authortype">Illustrator</field><field name="bisacsub">Bedtime & Dreams</field><field name="bisacsub">Animals/Bears</field><field name="bisacsub">Family/General (see also headings under Social Issues)</field><field name="bisacsub">Social Issues/Emotions & Feelings</field><field name="bisacsub">Family/Parents</field><field name="category">Animals/Bears</field><field name="category">Bedtime Books</field><field name="category">Family Relationships/Parent-Child</field><field name="path">/assets/product/0152051147.gif</field><field name="desc"><div>Baby Bear is the littlest bear in his family, and sometimes that's not so easy. Mama and Papa Bear get to stay up late in their great big chairs. Big brother gets to play fun games in his middle-sized chair. And Baby Bear only seems to cause trouble in his own tiny chair. But at the end of the day, he finds the one<i> </i>perfect chair that's comfier and cozier than all the rest.<br> <br>Bestselling author Jane Yolen and popular illustrator Melissa Sweet have come together to create a lyrical bedtime tale about a baby bear trying to find his place in a family. With a playful rhyming text and adorable, fun illustrations, here is a book for parents and their own baby bears to treasure.<br></div></field><field name="shortdesc">In this sweet, bedtime story, Baby Bear discovers that Papa's lap is the best chair of all!</field></doc></add> I am trying to boost the title field so that the search results brings the actual match with title as the first item in the results. Adding boost attribute to the title field and Index time boosting did not change the search results. I tried Query time boosting also as mentioned below but no luck /select?q=Each+Little+Bird+That+Sings&title^9&fl=score Any help to fix this issue would be really helpful. Thanks, Solr User On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Solr User <solr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about boosting. > > I have the following fields in my schema.xml: > > 1. title > 2. description > 3. ISBN > > etc > > I want to boost the field title. I tried index time boosting but it did not > work. I also tried Query time boosting but with no luck. > > Can someone help me on how to implement boosting on a specific field like > title? > > Thanks, > Solr User > > >
