Querying Solr using dismax, requested field not showing up in debug score boosts

[zakuhn <za...@extrabux.com>]

I'm storing a set of products in solr as ducuments. I'm separating out the
name, description, keywords, and product category name into separate fields
so that I can boost them independently using the dismax handler. All the
fields are stored as "text" in the same way.

I'm passing these four fields in the fl param to the dismax handler, and I'm
also specifying them with a boost in the qf field. Not every record
(document) has a category name associated with it, but the problem I have is
that even when the category name comes back in the query results, I do not
see the boost I am applying to that field taking effect in the debug output
of the solr query.

Does anyone have an idea of why this could be?

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Re: Querying Solr using dismax, requested field not showing up in debug score boosts

[zakuhn <za...@extrabux.com>]

Ok, here is the query cleaned up a bit:

solr/select/?q=mattress&
q.op=AND&
qt=dismax&fl=name%2Cdescription%2Cgroup_id%2Clowest_price%2Cnum_child_products%2Craw_category_string%2Ccategory_id%2Cparent_category_id%2Cstr_brand%2Cgrandparent_category_id%2Cgrandparent_category_name%2Cparent_category_name%2Ccategory_name&
start=0&
rows=25&
indent=on&
wt=php&
version=2.2&
mm=35%&
ps=0&
qs=0&
sort=score%20desc&
fq=-parent_id:%5B%2A%20TO%20%2A%5D&fq=-num_child_products:%5B%2A%20TO%201%5D&fq=-parent_group_id:%5B%2A%20TO%20%2A%5D&qf=keywords%5E.5%20description%5E1.5%20brand%5E0.7%20manufacturer_model%5E4%20name%5E5%20upc%5E1%20isbn%5E1%20raw_category_string%5E.8%20category_id%5E1%20str_brand%5E1%20grandparent_category_name%5E1%20parent_category_name%5E2%20category_name%5E3&
facet=true&
facet.limit=150&
facet.mincount=1&
facet.offset=0&
facet.field=str_brand&
facet.field=grandparent_category_id
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Re: Querying Solr using dismax, requested field not showing up in debug score boosts

[Erick Erickson <er...@gmail.com>]

First, you should show us the query, as well as the debug output, it
often helps to have a second set of eyes...

Where are you specifying the qf? Under any circumstance it would
be helpful to see the definition of the request handler you're using.

Because as it stands, the best I can say is that I haven't a clue...

Best
Erick



On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:51 PM, zakuhn <za...@extrabux.com> wrote:

>
> I'm storing a set of products in solr as ducuments. I'm separating out the
> name, description, keywords, and product category name into separate fields
> so that I can boost them independently using the dismax handler. All the
> fields are stored as "text" in the same way.
>
> I'm passing these four fields in the fl param to the dismax handler, and
> I'm
> also specifying them with a boost in the qf field. Not every record
> (document) has a category name associated with it, but the problem I have
> is
> that even when the category name comes back in the query results, I do not
> see the boost I am applying to that field taking effect in the debug output
> of the solr query.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of why this could be?
>
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> View this message in context:
> http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Querying-Solr-using-dismax-requested-field-not-showing-up-in-debug-score-boosts-tp1829456p1829456.html
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