That makes sense. As a follow up, is there a way to only conditionally use the boost score? For example, in some cases I want to use the boost score and in other cases I want all documents to be treated equally.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Jayendra Patil <jayendra.patil....@gmail.com > wrote: > you can use the ScriptTransformer to perform the boost calcualtion and > addition. > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DataImportHandler#ScriptTransformer > > <dataConfig> > <script><![CDATA[ > function f1(row) { > // Add boost > row.put('$docBoost',1.5); > return row; > } > ]]></script> > <document> > <entity name="e" pk="id" transformer="script:f1" > query="select * from X"> > .... > </entity> > </document> > </dataConfig> > > Regards, > Jayendra > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Brian Lamb > <brian.l...@journalexperts.com> wrote: > > Anyone have any clue on this on? > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Brian Lamb < > brian.l...@journalexperts.com>wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am using dataimport to create my index and I want to use docBoost to > >> assign some higher weights to certain docs. I understand the concept > behind > >> docBoost but I haven't been able to find an example anywhere that shows > how > >> to implement it. Assuming the following config file: > >> > >> <document> > >> <entity name="animal" > >> dataSource="animals" > >> pk="id" > >> query="SELECT * FROM animals"> > >> <field column="id" name="id" /> > >> <field column="genus" name="genus" /> > >> <field column="species" name="species" /> > >> <entity name="boosters" > >> dataSource="boosts" > >> query="SELECT boost_score FROM boosts WHERE animal_id = > ${ > >> animal.id}"> > >> <field column="boost_score" name="boost_score /> > >> </entity> > >> </entity> > >> </document> > >> > >> How do I add in a docBoost score? The boost score is currently in a > >> separate table as shown above. > >> > > >
