Boosting
March 23, 2025
When you specify multiple query-clauses, you can specify the relative importance to a given clause by suffixing it with the ^ operator, followed by a number or by specifying the boost parameter with the number to boost the search.
Example
jsondescription:pool name:pool^5
The above syntax performs Match Queries for pool in both the name and description fields, but documents having the term in the name field score higher.
json"query": {
"disjuncts": [
{
"match": "glossop",
"field": "city",
"boost": 10
},
{
"match": "glossop",
"field": "title"
}
]
}
The above syntax performs Match Queries for a city glossop in both the city and title fields, but documents having the term in the city field score higher.